compatibility

[jackteet]

Hi, I am new to this forum and audio generally so please forgive me when I perhaps state the obvious or ask stupid questions.
I have purchased a 43 inch Hisense TV which has virtually every imaginable connectivity. I have a ten year old pair of sony wifi headphones which is on a charging dock. No bluetooth connectivity. From this is a 3.5mm headphone lead, a red and a white lead and a lead which I plug into the front of my cheap antuquated box shelf speaker which mutes the speaker sound and directs all audio through the h/phones.
I want to improve the speakers and research has led me to the Edifier 1280DB box shelf speakers from amazon at about €120.00. These connect bluetooth, RCA, auxilary and wifi. at some time in the future I shall invest in another sony bluetooth Headphones. At present I am happy with these old timers. Anyway I want to buy the
Edifier speakers and perhaps connect them to the h/phone dock with the red and white cables. There are also these connection on the tv. Assuming I can connect speakers to h/phones how would I go about muting the speakers and having audio through the h/phones.
Am I making hard work for myself and should I just get a new pair of Sony bluetooth headphones such as Sony WH-CH72ON at amazon for about€79.00.and be done with it. I assume I can connect tv, h/phones and speakers all together. Would I still be able to mute the speakers. I really am sorry to have resembled "War & Peace"but my ignorance shows through. TIA jack

 

[NTK]

Welcome to ASR!
Does your HiSense TV have digital optical audio output? If it does, you can use it to connect to your Edifier.

 

[jackteet]

Hi NTK, many thanks for that. Circumstances have overtaken my previous plans.
I have decided to purchase a Majority Snowdan soundbar and plan on getting Avantree headphones. Connection with optical leads and a splitter.
I am stuck and perhaps you would assist please. Scenario is soundbar with sound modes, bass and treble adjustments. H/phones also with sound modes and bass +treble adlustement. I would like the soundbar settings to dictate the overall sound and for the h/phone settings to be non effective.. This way I can get cheaper h/phones with no sound modes or bass and treble, but they do have larger ear pads cos I am hard of hearing. Hope this makes sense and wonder if you can please help.Thanks again jack