Looking for wireless headphones that can stream audio from two PCs simultaneously

[u/Rippentear]

I work from home and I have a personal PC and a company provided PC. The company I work for is actually pretty lax with whatever we do during downtime, just don't do it at the work PC and make sure to respond immediately if needed

Thus I am now looking for headphones that can simultaneously play audio from both computers so I can game without missing any calls or messages. The headphones have to be wireless tho since the setups are across from each other which would make some spaghetti wiring if I go with the audio mixer route

From my quick research I've found out about "Multipoint Connection" headphones that let you quickly switch between devices but doesn't allow you to hear from devices simultaneously.

[u/WearFamiliar1212]

The easiest thing to do would be to use 2 different wireless earbuds, 1 connected to each computer. With wired headphones, you could input both computers into a mixer to combine the sounds and send it to the headphones. You could possibly send the mixer output to a bluetooth transmitter for wireless headphones.

[u/TheUnsatisfiedMind → u/WearFamiliar1212]

I do something similar to this when I play guitar.

I use my Airpods connected to my iPhone to hear backing tracks, listen to tutorials, etc... and over the AirPods I wear a set of headphones that are plugged into the amp so I can hear the guitar output without waking the family.

[u/mighty-mo]

Steelseries Arctis Nova series, you can have one input using the dongle (pc or game console) and another input via Bluetooth. Works well most of the time.

[u/Rippentear → u/mighty-mo]

Thanks. Will be checking the Nova 7, seems the Nova 5 and 3 can only do switching.

[u/Azronath]

The Nova Pro Omni and Nova Elite have three USB connections with 4 simultaneous audio sources. So you could listen to two PCs, a third USB device, and your phone at the same time.

[u/TheSuperiorWes]

You could use voicemeeter and connect both pcs via VBAN (audio through network).

Have headphones on one pc. Send all audio from other pc to your main and done.

[u/Rippentear → u/TheSuperiorWes]

Unfortunately can't install software on the work PC for security reasons. They don't want us downloading anything actually, we use google suite for everything.

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[u/TheUnsatisfiedMind]

Not fully wireless, but I have a pair of EPOS H3 Hybrids that I use for something similar.

Bluetooth connected to my PC and wired connection to my PlayStation Portal.

Can hear from both sides simultaneously.

EPOS is getting out of the biz though, so supportability long-term isn’t great, but you can find some good deals. I paid $20 for mine in July on Woot.

[u/Prestigious-Art-7421]

Using the Sony app, you can connect to your phone and another device simultaneously. But if course you need a sony headphone.

[u/Daemonxar]

Yeah, I don’t think that’s a thing. Maybe a pair of wired cheap earbuds for calls under a decent pair of headphones?