Norvics 6000 Initial Impression

[Norvic]

37 minutes ago, afreakofnature said:

With the BT though, do you adjust the volume at the headphones or is it the same volume buttons on control panel like for the rear speaker?

AFN, I don`t know as have not tried the H/ps,  H/ps hanging off ears in foliage are destroyed regularly, although without cable may prove OK,  get back to you later today on that one. I do know the built in speaker has plenty of volume when turned right up but discerning those subtle T/H changes is somewhat difficult. Will check out Lunks recent posts.

[Norvic]

https://www.amazon.com/Avantree-Wearable-Wireless-Bluetooth-Retractable/dp/B07Y56W9XQ/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=Avantree+bluetooth+neck+speaker&qid=1613613234&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSkY1UFpHQkZQWDY2JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDA5MTIzMVdaUkg1REsyMDQ5TiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjE5NTUyMlVTSlg3RlBNSFpUNSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

AFN, be the bees knees for me if just like the WM12, must be one out there in toyland?

[mn90403]

Norvic,

This reminds me of the Bose Sunglasses I saw.  I wonder if Avantree makes sunglasses.

I have some Avantree's I use with my Equinox.

I'm glad you like the 6000.  I'm certain that any detector that automatically adjust to the ground will find its place in the nugget world.  A GB2 needs constant manual adjustment.  That becomes automatic to some people.  Some people can't master it.  I've never used a GB2 but I have a GB Pro.

If you take the human out of it and make a computer determine the settings (a little bit of AI) for smoothness to ignore the ground it will do a better job than most of us could ever do.

Mitchel

[Norvic]

AFN, the headphones have their own two button volume control.

MN that Al Xter is a bit alright but I`ve found manual GB is a feature that helps especially in benign river and creek sand for depth, also another option for patch clean up along with Bogenes. Which reminds me the no audible threshold (Bogenes) on the 6000 is pretty good, on all  of the positive undisturbed signals I switched to it registered, audio was a little clipped but definite, I used the speaker not the H/ph so I expect on those very slight threshold changes it will not register. 

Those Aventrees that Lunk found are starting to sound like the go, initially I thought you needed to put the ear buds in the ear but not necessarily so apparently MN are they the Avantrees you use with the Equinox?

[alaska detector]

This may have been answered already, but does the 6000 work with any Bluetooth headset? Let’s say I have a Bose or Sony noise canceling headphones, or even AirPods, would those work with this machine?
 

I rigged up my GM24K with a Garrett MS-3 Z-Lynk headphones/transmitter and it worked pretty well, just a bit kludgy. I’d prefer not to have to install a transmitter, or use specialized headphones if I don’t have to.

[Norvic]

21 hours ago, Jonathan Porter said:

I have tested the Avantree unit and it performs extremely well on the 6000, you can then go from the receiver to a booster like the B&Z or Steelphase then out to a single or dual speaker or just plug in your favourite headphones like the wired Bose Noise Cancelling buds (most Bose BT buds are not APTX BTW). Basically you treat the Receiver unit like the WM12 for the GPZ.

Rather then go down the cords on the shoulder track with multi battery charging, I`ve ordered a set of Aventree Torus as per Lunks link but through Aventree Australia, these give the option of using the retractable ear buds or using the speaker function on a band that simply you place around your neck.

Once I`ve field tested them on the 6000 I will post my findings in this thread. Time will tell if this is the go but it does seem a great concept, I thank Lunk & DP for making me aware of such.

[Jonathan Porter]

22 hours ago, Norvic said:

The EMI I speak of is natural from the sun I suspect as we are going through some pretty heavy current sun atmospheric layer ionization and its effect is similar to distant thunderstorms on both detectors and transceivers, I have found as a HAM/detectorist but I don`t wish to complicate a simple to use detector but very capable detector going any further there. 

I can assure all forum readers it is much more stable to use the GPX6000 with the headphones wired or wireless or use a wireless speaker arrangement rather than use the inbuilt speaker.

JP 

[Northeast]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Porter said:

or use a wireless speaker arrangement

If using a Bluetooth receiver of some description (APTX Low Latency of course) do you then need a booster of some description or will the receiver run a speaker directly?  My guess is you need the booster to 'drive' the speaker?  Electronics are not my strong point!  ?

JP - personally do you use a B&Z/speaker arrangement with the 6000 or just plug in wired headphones?  The B&Z to give extra volume seems redundant as the 6000 has plenty of volume?  OR, as with the GPZ, is there some benefit to running audio controls lower on the 6000 to maintain a stable machine and then boost the audio after it has left the detector?  

Cheers, N.E.  

[mn90403]

On 4/29/2021 at 7:48 PM, Norvic said:

Those Aventrees that Lunk found are starting to sound like the go, initially I thought you needed to put the ear buds in the ear but not necessarily so apparently MN are they the Avantrees you use with the Equinox?

Yes.  Avantree uses the LL technology more than most others.  I like them but prefer the Minelab with my Nox.

I sent a message to Avantree.  I asked them if they made any sunglasses with speakers and they do not.  I would prefer them over the shoulder/neck speakers as they would be just a bit closer to the ears.