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CTX...What is the Latest/Greatest Info on Underwater Headphones?

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gordonquixote

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I'm ready to get waterproof headphones.

1. Skullies not available untill fall at the earliest.
2. The yellow Koss phones seem to be disliked by all
3. Gray Ghosts are $160-ish

Help me out with some advice!

Occasional use but in sometimes heavy surf.
 
I bought a set of Yellow Koss phones to use while wading. They are just OK in a quiet freshwater area when wading, but as soon as the wind picked up they weren't loud enough. Maybe the addition of some gelpads would block out some of the external noise and make it easier to hear targets. On an ocean shore with big waves I reckon it would be impossible to hear anything with these headphones.

I use the same model phones on my Excal and they are fine. I don't know if this is caused by not enough gain coming out the CTX waterproof terminal, or if there is some kind of resistor in the headphones that is blocking the gain. Even with the audio on the CTX set to max, it is not loud enough.

I am going to invest in Skullies as soon as they are available and try to make do with the Koss phones until I get them.

Alternatively, for wading, I think I may try to put a waterproof CTX connector on on a pair of regular headphones that I like. Since the phones themselves aren't getting wet, it should be OK when the wind is stong.
 

This is exactly what I intend to do. My parts are ordered. I got the adapter for ten bucks on line.
I had a set of the G. Ghost waterproof headphones. It was windy at the beach and the wind noise kept me from hearing what I needed to out of the detector. I will add that I have hearing issues, but I also have beach hunted many times with other detectors and headphones. I never had a problem until I tried the G Ghost and CTX combo.

I never get my head wet and I think the normal headphones hooked to the waterproof connector will work fine. If I take a wave I'll be out a set of headphones. The CTX will be safe. By the way I will be using a recently purchased set of RAT MSA headphones. The cord unplugs from the headphones also. So I ordered a trs patch cord that should work fine. My total investment for the patch cord and waterproof adapter is 17.00.
 
I am trying to get CTX connectors here in Canada but I'm having a hard time. The one place that can send them here is out of stock. Moxa will send one for $20 extra for shipping, which works out to $40 per connector and is completely insane.
 
Did you guys with the GG's remember to put tape over the drain holes? And remember, there are holes on the bottom AND top.

Dan in SJ
 
Skullies are done for the year, And they need some fine tuning. But I have been working with one of the more popular headphone companies on some new Underwater Phones, they are design just for one Brand, but today I tested them on the Excalibur. They put the yellow Koss to shame, Audio, Adjustbility and comfort wise. SPL compared to the Koss (85/85) GGUW (66/67) and the proto type I have (91/92) I'm not sure when they will be released and I can show no pictures but they will be worth the wait.
 
Gary Storm is the owner at Detector Pro and is a very big underwater hunter himself. Hunts 50 weeks a year under water no kidding. I would call him he knows everything under water. He's a hard core hunter and a nice person.
 
I put gelpads on them and it seems to help a little by creating a tighter seal around the ear.
 
I'm going to get a decent pair of regular (non-waterproof) headphones and let a forum member put a waterproof plug on them. I'm not diving...just lake and beach hunting and I need to be able to submerge the CTX....not my head.

When a good set of headphones becomes available, I'll buy 'em. There is nothing available that everyone is raving about so far.

Thank you everyone for your great input.
 
Me too I was looking for a waterproof headset. I was almost on the cusp of jumping on the grey ghost waterproof ones, but then I started to read here, and saw that maybe that might be the ultimate choice. I guess I have to purchase the waterproof plug.
 
I finally found a souce that will ship waterproof plugs to Canada economically so I ordered 2. They are back ordered but will be available in a week or so. They are made by Amphenol which is a brand I have heard of before so at least that is something.

I am going to attach one to my Sony MDR 7506 studio headphones, just for wading.

And I am going to create an adapter cable with the other one so I can plug in any headphones I want. I figure I will put a plastic clip on the 1/4" female end so I can clip that to my collar and keep that join out of the water.
 
I may catch some flak about posting this, The original GGUWs have ok volume,

The New GGUW Amphibians were made for the Garrett line of detectors with some major design changes compared to all UW headphones...I tested them with the Garrett line of Underwater detectors and they are great for land and sea. Audio increase over the old GGUW's, 48% louder, and they have volume control....So you can adjust for the conditions at hand. They will be ready for the Garrett's First from Extreme Detecting come July 1st..

Now they are hooked to my Excalibur...and they rock , soon I will be trying them on the CTX. I just have to convince Detector Pro that they have a Great New product that will work on the Excalibur's and CTX's.......

They have asked to see video of the results. So I do believe soon they will be available for others....
 
that maybe the wrong one, you want the female....sorry about that...I use that one to make this..
 
Thank you Old Beach Nut. This might be a better option until someone makes a pair of headset for the CTX one can actually listen underwater.
 
I'm not cheap (LOL I own a new CTX) but I am frugal. I absolutely cannot bring myself to pay $150+ for headphones I would not love. (this is based on user feedback, which is a great guide when it comes to informed buying decisions) I'm a stereo buff going back to the late 70's, and I would never dream of paying that price for some of the more exotic hi fidelity headphones, much less low fi waterproofed headphones. Not slamming and brand or model, just saying they are quite low tech for what they are is all.

My solution:

I actually prefer in-ear phones because they are not as cumbersome and not as hot in the summertime. I bought a 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch adapter for the CTX wireless module to use in-ear phones on land, and I enjoy them. So I'm going down the same path for water detecting (without the wireless module of course). I have ordered waterproof in-ear phones ($14.95) and 2 waterproof connectors for the CTX ($15.00 each). I plan on building up 2 pig tails with the CTX connectors. One will be basically a short adapter to keep the connection for a pair of land phones out of the water when wading. The other will have a coiled cable and a 1/8 inch jack ($3.95 cable with a premounted jack.) I will use it to connect the waterproof phones and then permanently cover the connection to waterproof it. Since the wire and connectors used on in-ear phones is weak; I will not be soldering it to the connector, nor do I want to put any pressure on it. Thus on the adapter end I plan to mount a clip to keep the pressure of the coiled wire off the in-ear phones since they are not wireless like my other in-ear phones. We'll see how it goes. Right now it is a under $40 experiment.

The Shark
 
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