after further reading -
it looks like for every input there is also the same kind of output (analog in and out, optical in and out, coax in and out). So, this probably means that I connect these phones before dac/preamp (one optical in and one analog in) and it will pass the signal through, unless, when I turn the phones on, it will mute the outputs and play into the phones. right?
still, I will have to manually activate downmix to stereo when watching a bluray...
and they are not apt-x but radio 2.4 GHz.