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   Daniel70 to Paul   
   Re: wifi headphones   
   13 Oct 25 13:05:24   
   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 13/10/2025 7:19 am, Paul wrote:   
   > On Sun, 10/12/2025 9:44 AM, bad sector wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Has anyone here used BOTH high-end Sennheiser wifi headphones and   
   >> other makes of the same 'level'? Any wisdom or comparisons?   
   >>   
   >> I'm impressed by and VERY happy with both of my 3-4 year old   
   >> Sennheisers, also having once benefitted from several exchanges   
   >> with one of their former chief sound engineers. BUT there is one   
   >> rub: the cheap counts won't pay for dedicated frequencies (or   
   >> whaaaaatever excuse) so that my wifi router is continuously   
   >> stepping on the headphone. There *is* a trick to work around this   
   >> by starting the headphones first and then the wifi but I'm just   
   >> plain fed up with the hassle!   
   >>   
   >> TIA   
   >   
   > I would set up one of my Wifi adapters on the computer as a hotspot   
   > for WIDI,   
      
   "WIDI"?? Did you miss by one key, Paul, meaning to type "WIFI" instead?? ;-P   
      
   > in the hopes that would give the communications some priority. But   
   > the airwaves are shared, and you cannot really "hog" 2.4Ghz and keep   
   > it all to yourself.   
   >   
   > And the headphones may not have a selector for 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.   
   >   
   > If you want "best performance", a simple copper wire gives real time   
   > performance :-)   
   >   
   > There might be a QOS feature for the Wifi router. QOS is Quality Of   
   > Service, which is a means of assigning a higher priority to a   
   > communication.   
   >   
   > Paul   
   >   
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