Soundbar to stream to headphones

[Lukas239]

Looking for a relatively inexpensive Soundbar (+/- woofer) that also has the ability to stream audio to Bluetooth headphones so I can watch with the TV on silent. Is this a common feature or not?

I know Bluetooth is often on a spec sheet but normally as a receiver rather than transmitter.

Budget is as yet unset but thinking low cost/entry level mainly.

[tonyg58]

Some of the Yamaha MusicCast bits can transmit bluetooth to headphones instead of to the speakers, but i don't know if the soundbars can.

It's not obvious how to do it (I found it by accident).

Would be worth checking.

[anonymous-user]

Can the TV send to your bluetooth headphones directly, or dongle etc?

[Black can man]

You can get Bluetooth transmitters that can relay the sound of your TV without the need of a soundbar, Not sure if Soundbars actually transmit to bluetooth headphones .

I got on off Amazon for about £20.00 came with an optical cable too. Tidy cheap bit of kit tbh.

[Watchman]

My thread... with thanks to the PHers who helped me to get this far.

My TV has a TOSLink (optical) output which I previously used to send a signal to my Sonos Playbar. I wanted a quality Bluetooth signal for a pair of headphones, which meant using the same TOSLink signal, so I bought a TOSLink splitter and a dual Bluetooth transmitter (so my wife could use headphones at the same time as me - useful if we watch TV late, with our son's bedroom being above our lounge).

Works a treat. The received signal is top quality thanks to it being digital right up until my Bose headphones turn it into sound, and all I need do to quieten the Playbar is press mute on the TV remote.

[HTP99]

I was just thinking something similar recently; we have a 2 bed and if the wife has her mates round (like tonight) I'm relegated to upstairs with my tablet.

I have a reasonably up to date Samsung 4KTV and soundbar set up in the lounge and a set of decent Bowers & Wilkins, Bluetooth headphones, however I can't connect them to either the TV or soundbar, I just think it's weird in this day and age!

[Watchman]

My TV is a 55" 4K Samsung and I think is constrained to only allowing Samsung headphones to connect via Bluetooth. Certainly nothing that I have will (all non-Samsung), which is why I bought the Bluetooth transmitter.

[Lukas239]

Was keen to avoid a transmitter and get a 2-in-1 solution but thinking this will have to do now.

Annoyingly my Sony headphones with dongle won't work either.