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Contributor I
October 10, 2018

Wireless headphones

  • October 10, 2018
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Compatible headphones for Sonos.
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15 replies

November 24, 2019

If you want to do that  for TV sound then that is entirely a matter of whether your TV will output theough headphones and optical simultaneously. That would be in the TV audio settings.

Do you also want to do this for music sources? There would seem to be less point in that but you would probably need to link BT headphones to the output on a Connect if you did want that.

November 24, 2019

Further thought.  If the TV doesn't allow simultaneous output then you could use the BT headphones with  Connect and then group the Playbar and Connect. There would be a small audio lag on the Connect and therefore the headphones. 

Edit: for Connect you could also read Port.

ratty
November 24, 2019

If the TV doesn’t have decent Bluetooth built in then simply get an optical splitter -- ideally a powered/active one -- and send an optical signal to a separate Bluetooth transmitter. Unfortunately Bose don’t appear to support the aptX Low Latency codec, which would deliver sound with approximately the same delay as the Playbar (i.e. decent lip-sync with the video).

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
November 25, 2019

I hooked my Phonak hearing aids to their Bluetooth transmitter (free form Costco) and hooked that to my ZP-80 optical out with no issues. Got all my Sonos music with no hassles. For TV I picked up an optical splitter and switch so I could pick which to listen to. The stuff is pretty cheap.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B074W8DG3P/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HQ2R314/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.phonak.com/us/en/hearing-aids/accessories/phonak-tv-link.html (various models for different aids)

Contributor I
December 18, 2019

Well I have a solution for you, but I happen to be a Sonos fanboy, so as requested, I'll not reply.


This blog is not just a dialog between two people, others also follow the blog.  The topic of headphones with Sonos is of particular interest to many sonos users; therefore, references to Sonos fanboy is undesirable; if you have some information that would greatly benefit multiple readers of this website, please contribute that important information.  I for one have not been able to make sense of the information in this blog.  I rely on direct precise clear information that answers the question what headphones work with sonos wirelessly and best method to attach to sonos system.   It would be in the best interest of sonos to give this clear and precise answer as there is a definite need for the use of headphones.   Please don’t drag it out any more than it is.  One of sonos claim to fame was to introduce this great music technology.  Why not stay ahead of the pack, continue to be a leader and give us easy to attach and configure headphone capability.