New Minelab Manticore

[D&P-OR]

45 minutes ago, strick said:

Who is next to take the challenge and make the vow    "Never To Use The Equinox Again"  🙂

strick

Right here---you got a "taker" right here!!!! 🙂

[dsb]

Pretty bold statement huh?  Haven't seen the proof in any video yet but they're all disjointed hype so far.  The way things are going for me it doesn't matter when it comes out.  Knee replacement denied for 2 years and bad electric short where the power enters basement needed all new service including breaker panel, not covered.  Actually thinking of selling/trading in my out of warranty nox and buy a new one while the sale is on. 

[PSPR]

53 minutes ago, D&P-OR said:

Right here---you got a "taker" right here!!!! 🙂

I see a few used Equinox's showing up on Ebay lately.  Looks like people selling them to help pay for their Manticore to me.

[rled2005]

I wonder who is best to pre-order from? Does anyone know if ML will fill the bigger orders first form the larger dealers?

[PSPR]

2 hours ago, rled2005 said:

I wonder who is best to pre-order from? Does anyone know if ML will fill the bigger orders first form the larger dealers?

I think Gerry's who is a sponsor here is probably a good place.  Before I knew about Gerry and since I can't take advantage of the military discount, I placed an order with a place that offers no sales tax out of state and a few goodies to go along with the Manticore.  I don't think I should say the name here but they are on the first page if you google "buy minelab manticore".

[rled2005]

3 hours ago, PSPR said:

I think Gerry's who is a sponsor here is probably a good place.  Before I knew about Gerry and since I can't take advantage of the military discount, I placed an order with a place that offers no sales tax out of state and a few goodies to go along with the Manticore.  I don't think I should say the name here but they are on the first page if you google "buy minelab manticore".

I looked at Modern Detectors. They don’t give any freebies with military discount. I think the first wave will go to the biggest detector dealers.

[Joe D.]

   As always, I'll let you "early adopters" bring any shiny new machines, back to earth, with real usage! And work out the bugs!! Rare that the hype measures up to reality-based usage!! But somebody's gotta start the party!!🎉 Good luck to you early birds!!🍀👍👍

[steveg]

21 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

I sold my ML 80s almost immediately because I AM an orchestral musician and a classical music trained singer and those headphones had way too much bass and the mid and high tones had most of their brilliance removed. So those phones were very bottom heavy. I tried them on other audio sources with the supplied audio cable and they were the same......biased way towards the lower bass range and no way to adjust them enough even with my equalizer.......The WM08 module with any "normal" wired headphones or just plugging in a decently balanced set of wired headphones into the control pod made for a completely different audio experience for me. So did using the aftermarket BT headphones and earbuds that I purchased.

So it isn't BS longbow62. Some of us have very different and subjective hearing abilities and preferences. When I am nugget hunting I don't want muffled sound, I want bright and very immediate sound responses for those faint signals.

The ML 100s that come with the Minelab GPX 6000 have a much more balanced audio response. I have no complaint with those.

The Garrett Z-Lynk headphones are a bit bottom heavy but doable. I have never had an issue with my Z-Lynk headphones or transmitter timing out when being used with other non-Garrett detectors.

Wow.  Couldn't have said it better.  Every word. 

I too am very musically inclined, and I do have the beginnings of some hearing loss at certain frequencies.  But I would say EXACTLY what you said, Jeff -- very bottom-heavy, and the mid and high tones had no "brilliance" at all.  Perfectly put.

And, it is GREAT news to me, that you say the ML 100s that come with the 6000 are much more balanced, and you have no complaints.  Since we clearly hear things "similarly," and since it seems reasonable to conclude that these phones will be more similar to the ML 100s, my mind is eased a bit...

Thanks Jeff!

Steve

[D&P-OR]

45 minutes ago, Joe D. said:

   As always, I'll let you "early adopters" bring any shiny new machines, back to earth, with real usage! And work out the bugs!! Rare that the hype measures up to reality-based usage!! But somebody's gotta start the party!!🎉 Good luck to you early birds!!🍀👍👍

My sentiments EXACTLY!:)

[phrunt]

I didn't want to be another Minelab early adopter after my 6000 experience, although that was over a year after release I stepped in and was still an early adopter 🙂 Either way, for the Manticore I am without a doubt going to be an early adopter, I can't resist, the Equinox is just such an awesome machine that it's successor can only be better.  I really hope it's not a lemon!

And as a wise man once said, the first generation of a product is the one with all the bugs (Equinox), the second generation should be the good one.