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    • mbs9
      mbs9 last edited by

      Is there a way to pair/connect the Spark amp wirelessly via the amp's bluetooth with my Sennheiser wireless (bluetooth) headphones? If so, what steps do I need to take to accomplish it?

      Or is the Spark amp only "connectable" to headphones via a cable connection, no wireless/bluetooth pairing available?

      Thanks!

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      • crystalpit
        crystalpit last edited by crystalpit

        No, the spark is only a Bluetooth receiver.
        To transmit the stereo headphone out you need to get a 1/8"trs stereo Bluetooth transmitter off eBay...costs less than 5 bucks delivered to your door,
        AND.... less than 5 days waiting for it as well 😂

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        • epefeman
          epefeman last edited by

          Keep in mind, if you choose to try the 1/8 stereo transmitter, it will likely introduce way too much latency to make your guitar playing enjoyable.

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          • crystalpit
            crystalpit last edited by crystalpit

            no latency, will just be outputing the stereo headphone signal through Bluetooth to his Bluetooth headphones

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            • mbs9
              mbs9 @crystalpit last edited by

              @crystalpit Thanks for the info, much appreciated!

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              • funjunkie27
                funjunkie27 @crystalpit last edited by

                @crystalpit I don't agree. Audio out to a bluetooth transmitter is going to add a noticeable latency.

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                • crystalpit
                  crystalpit @funjunkie27 last edited by crystalpit

                  @funjunkie27 said in Pair/connect Spark amp wirelessly with bluetooth/wireless headphones?:

                  @crystalpit I don't agree. Audio out to a bluetooth transmitter is going to add a noticeable latency.

                  I don't have bluetooth headphones too check, but I dd get a Bluetooth transmitter off eBay for under 10 bucks,
                  there's plenty other applications one can use it for.
                  depending what type u buy, there's also tx/rc units, that you can plug in the aux in(rc) or the headphone out(tx) and Bluetooth it.
                  it's worth a chance
                  mine works great
                  for under $10?
                  cant go wrong

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                  • funjunkie27
                    funjunkie27 @crystalpit last edited by

                    @crystalpit There are plenty of uses for them, but if you buy one to pass audio of you playing the guitar, there will be a delay that most people, myself included, will find it unusable.

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                    • crystalpit
                      crystalpit @funjunkie27 last edited by

                      @funjunkie27 said in Pair/connect Spark amp wirelessly with bluetooth/wireless headphones?:

                      @crystalpit There are plenty of uses for them, but if you buy one to pass audio of you playing the guitar, there will be a delay that most people, myself included, will find it unusable.

                      yes, that would be correct, but the device he requires, is to pass the whole sound of the spark headphone out to his Bluetooth headphone, not his direct guitar signal only to his Bluetooth headphones.
                      I'll give it a try soon and report back

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                      • dojo.62
                        dojo.62 last edited by

                        I just hooked up a bluetooth transmitter to the head phone jack and paired bluetooth headphones and the latency was horrible. Unplayable. Sure would like a solution.

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                        • dhbailey
                          dhbailey @dojo.62 last edited by

                          @dojo-62 Was your bluetooth transmitter claiming "low latency?" There are some which claim that. I don't know just what latency-rate that means, but standard, inexpensive bluetooth transmitters have latency which makes them unusable for real-world music-making. If the latency can be down in the single-digits for milliseconds you should be alright.

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                          • johns
                            johns @crystalpit last edited by

                            @crystalpit My goal was to play guitar through the Spark amp, and listen to it on my wireless headphones. I bought a transmitter with aptx low latency, but the delay was awful. Found out my Bose QuietComfort II headphones aren't low latency, so I bought a pair of Avantree Avia Me wireless headphones with aptx ll. The latency was a tad less, but still unacceptable. I'm going to try another transmitter with the new headphones, but if it doesn't work, they're all going back to Amazon.

                            I guess the Positive Grid Spark amp isn't that "smart" after all. Or maybe they're smart by avoiding the tech shortcoming altogether. Bummer.

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                            • dhbailey
                              dhbailey @johns last edited by

                              @johns Bluetooth has latency. Period. That's not Spark's fault, that's not PG's fault. It's a fact of bluetooth technology. Even low-latency bluetooth devices aren't good for musicians. They may be fine for watching TV but musicians are dealing with split-second timing in order to play with other musicians, and bluetooth just doesn't have the low a latency. That has nothing to do with the "smartness" of the Spark. Get RF headphones and transmitter and notice the improvement immediately. It's like the wireless guitar transmitters -- they work great with the Spark because they're all radio-frequency and not bluetooth.

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                              • Jason Robertson
                                Jason Robertson @crystalpit last edited by

                                @crystalpit

                                wht do you reccomend off of ebay? everyone I see on amazon is around 25 dollars??

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                                • Jason Robertson
                                  Jason Robertson @dhbailey last edited by

                                  @dhbailey im confused, i cant find anything under 10$$ am i looking for the wrong thing? can you send a link?

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                                  • dhbailey
                                    dhbailey @Jason Robertson last edited by

                                    @jason-robertson I never said they were under $10. I never mentioned a price in my message. I don't have a set with RF transmitter/receiver so I can't send you a link. I was just telling you that you needed to use RF devices for wireless headphones.

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                                    • davion.ny
                                      davion.ny last edited by

                                      I tried the $25 Taotronics bluetooth transmitter/receiver with multiple bluetooth earphones and it was horrendous in terms of latency - 1/4 to 1/2 second delay from when I played the note to when I heard it which I found extremely challenging to play. I doubt any of the headphones I tried use the Qualcomm AptX low latency codec, your mileage may vary if using those.

                                      But, I don't give up easy. Turns out I had the best solution sitting right in front of me when I was ordering the Taotronics: my Steelseries Arctis 7 wireless headphones.

                                      The USB dongle for the Arctis 7 has a line in jack. So I plugged the dongle into a USB wall outlet, plugged a 1/8 into the line-in on the dongle for the headphones, and connected to the headphone jack on the Spark amp.

                                      Works beautifully, probably because the headphone set is RF, not bluetooth.

                                      Most likely it would also work with the RF headset combos they sell for TVs, as long as you have the 1/8 jack on the base stand/station and it's RF I imagine it will work, because those applications tend to have to be very low latency otherwise you might get the feeling you're watching a badly dubbed old Shaw Brothers kung fu movie while watching, say, Jeopardy.

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                                      • anthonykell.80
                                        anthonykell.80 last edited by

                                        There are nothing but bad alternatives for associating an electric guitar to Bluetooth earphones. While it is feasible to interface Bluetooth earphones to your electric guitar.

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