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Converting analog to digital for bluetooth use

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I have a Asus Xonar Xense with AKG K612 cans on Monacor SA-100 (and some other amplifiers).

Therefore the setup is soundcard > amplifier > headphones.

I was interested in going fully wireless with Bluetooth until it occurred to me that I'd be bypassing the sound card and the amplifier.

Appreciate, I can purchase a USB based 'sound card' with Bluetooth support, though still want proper sound card quality and the amplifier in the loop as well.


All the amps have coaxial and binding posts, nothing else.


Anyone here solved this riddle in the past?
 
No point in having a sound card for wireless as bluetooth is digital all the way to the device and then the device does decoding, D/A conversion and amplification.
 
Bluetooth =/= proper quality

It doesn't matter how good the sound cards is or what quality DAC/ADC it's used in the process , the sound will get re-sampled and compressed when the Bluetooth emitter will have to send the signal. It's pretty much pointless doing what you proposed.
 
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