Not for a headset - wired vs wireless earphones

[Ovae]

Mainly for videos, music, movies, and tv shows.

Does wireless earphones really have a lot lesser quality ?

[_I_]

wireless is only ok if its has its own tx (5ghz) not usb or bt, then its good
power + analog signal

usb and bt are poor
bt always adds some lag due to audio compression/decompression

go wired if you can


bt sets are good enough for voip, where some extra lag does not hurt, and audio range is limited to voice freq

[Supafly]

I'm at the age and have some nerve damage that I honestly can't tell a difference between a £500+ pair of wired studio headphones and a considerably cheaper wireless, RF or BT, headset/headphones.

BT wise you want BT 5 or higher as that has lower latency, supposedly, not tested myself. If BT is less than version 5 then you want to look for a headset that supports the Aptx-LL, Low latency, codec. 40ms vs the other codecs 200+ms. Aptx-LL wise you'll also need a BT transmitter that supports Aptx-LL. I've got Creatives BT-W2 and the later BT-W3 USB dongles that support Aptx-LL.

Even with BT <5 if you're watching videos using something like VLC media player you can adjust the audio delay to compensate for any latency. None Aptx-LL and older BT versions you're looking at 200-250ms delay so adjusting audio Delay -200ms to -250ms means the audio will play earlier and you shouldn't notice any lipsync issues.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I never liked wireless headsets on Windows PC because I won't have any equalizer controls for it. If wired then I can use Realtek HD or Creative whatever, much better. Plus the wireless just never pumps out a high enough dB Volume compared to wired IMHO

[Guydodge]

i use a cheaper usb 40mm w/headset with Boom 3d EQ gives me a great sound.(Boom 3D EQ
blows away M.B.sound cards has much tighter/punchier bass/mids and crisp clean highs.)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

40mm is too small.
But yea I rarely use MB audio I use Creative or a USB DAC+AMP