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Contributor II
Feb 13, 2021 9:58 AM UTC
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Headphones Sonos Port

I listen to vinyl through my sonos system via a port . Can headphone be connected in any way . Cheers

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ratty
rattyAnswer
Feb 13, 2021 5:33 PM UTC

As far as I can see Bose don’t support the higher quality Bluetooth codecs, so basically any transmitter will do.

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ratty
Feb 13, 2021 11:41 AM UTC

Sure. Use an output on your Port to connect to either a headphone amp (for wired headphones) or a transmitter (for wireless ones).

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Ken_Griffiths
Feb 13, 2021 11:48 AM UTC

Yes, the Port has RCA line-out ...you could connect headphones to that connection, or as some choose to do, use a Bluetooth aptX HD/LL transmitter in the mix with Bluetooth headphones.

Note you can also use the coax digital-out too with a DAC (with/without) Bluetooth transmitter/receiver (R/X)... Maybe check cables and devices (with/without DAC) on Amazon, there are plenty of options to choose from.

edit: Ah @ratty beat me to it.👍

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ratty
Feb 13, 2021 12:12 PM UTC

Don’t wire headphones directly to the RCA outputs. They’re not designed for a low impedance load. Use a headphone amp. The Port’s internal DAC is a very decent one. 

For Bluetooth use I’d recommend connecting the digital output to a suitable transmitter, probably necessitating a coax-optical converter along the way. Set the output to Fixed Volume -- obviating concerns regarding Port’s Variable Volume digital quality -- and control the level at the headphones themselves.

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hoddy8770Author
Contributor II
Feb 13, 2021 4:52 PM UTC

Thank you on the port I have white and red / out ...and digital out . So what do I need to put in for Bluetooth please. Thank you 

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ratty
Feb 13, 2021 5:16 PM UTC

You need a Bluetooth transmitter compatible with your headphones, connected either to the RCA outs or, as I suggested, to the digital out.

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hoddy8770Author
Contributor II
Feb 13, 2021 5:25 PM UTC

I have Bose headphones any suggestions please. Thank you

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ratty
rattyAnswer
Feb 13, 2021 5:33 PM UTC

As far as I can see Bose don’t support the higher quality Bluetooth codecs, so basically any transmitter will do.

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Contributor I
Feb 18, 2021 12:30 PM UTC

Could the new sonus headphones upcoming, solve the issue with the connection between the TV blue tooth turning off after seconds 😂

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Ken_Griffiths
Feb 18, 2021 1:22 PM UTC

Could the new sonus headphones upcoming, solve the issue with the connection between the TV blue tooth turning off after seconds 😂

Presumably a user will be able to ‘select’, ‘group’, or somehow ‘bond’, with a playing TV source to listen to the TV audio on Sonos headphones (in lip-sync)... but it’s all just ‘guesswork’ at the moment ...and of course it very much depends on the Sonos announcement due in March. 

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Contributor I
Feb 19, 2021 3:38 PM UTC

Thanks for that,we will have see if new headphones do come, and hope at the right price.

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