This is part request part discussion. I own a paid or B&W PX7s and my Mrs has PX5s and loves them. I connect my headphones to my phone via Bluetooth and play my phone as the endpoint to use roon which depending on what battery settings my phone has the roon process can sometimes get killed.
Will we ever see roon ready headphones that connect via WiFi or over Bluetooth? If roon mobile ever becomes a thing will my next set of wireless headphones be a tested endpoint? Could a RAAT version over Bluetooth sound better?
I won’t say “won’t” but very slim chance. For many reasons. But, maybe someone will do it. Technically possible.
We will never see RAAT over bluetooth though. There isn’t anywhere near enough bandwidth for RAAT to work over BT. This is a BT limitation. RAAT is lossless. No HiRes BT CODEC is lossless.
There are options to do this now, but not necessarily inexpensive.
Chord Mojo+Poly is a Roon Ready wireless headphone amp combo. Poly had lots of problems at launch, but they’ve resolved a lot of that in firmware updates since then. Big brother to this is a Hugo 2 with 2Go network streamer, but that’s 4x the cost. I have a “Hugo2Go” setup, myself, and use it exclusively with Roon to have a “portable” headphone station anywhere I want in the house. Works quite well for that. Main reason I went the Hugo2Go route is it supports Ethernet in addition to WiFi, as I live in a dense urban environment with highly congested WiFi. So Ethernet is more reliable, and I’ve got an Ethernet switch in every room of my home.
I use my wireless Hifiman Ananda BT headphones with Roon all the time. It is super easy. Just pair them to any device that you use as an end-point (phone, tablet, computer, AppleTV, etc.). An iPhone works really well since you can carry it in your pocket so you can use the Roon UI and so you never go out of Bluetooth range.
We have not missed your point. None of us know if there will ever be Roon Ready wireless headphones and Roon does not comment on future features. So instead, we are giving you practical suggestions to achieve essentially the same thing right now. I mentioned the Ananda BT headphones because they support LDAC, which is best hi-res BT protocol. However, I find regular BT 5 to be fine for on the go listening.
