[quote tabdog]I have not used Sun Ray Pro Golds.
I believe they make excellent headphones.
If you look close at specifications and materials,
there is a big difference between quality headphones like
Sun Ray Pro Golds and those other cheep headphones like
Treasure Ears. The cable that goes from cup to cup is cheep.
The cups are cheep. The cord is the wrong length and lower quality.
The head cushion is cheaper. The plug is wrong. The Volume pots are cheep.
I could go on, but I don't have the time.
Yes Sun Ray Pro Gold is a good set.
Some people get offended when I talk about headphones. That's OK.
Cheep headphones don't work well.
One thing we did not discuss.
Some metal detectors have an audio response without much expression.
If you have an MD like that, use ear buds for 50 cents and you'll be happy.
In that case they could use lights and offer them to the hearing impaired.
But I am not hearing impaired and I can not afford to waste my money on
costly cheep headphones. I like better finds. Don't want to give that up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you check the specs and materials you will find that Sun Ray Pro Gold
headphones have a few things that may be better than Killer B's and Gray
Ghost Basic models. But Killer B's Wasp are on the level of Pro Gold.
You have to pay more.
When you were talking about cheep headphones I thought you were trying
to save money. There are more better, if you want to spend the money.
But for me $85 is a lot of money. That's what Killer B's and Gray Ghost
Basic sets cost. I have both. I bought my Killer B's when they cost $72.
As far as I know, that is the cheapest quality headphones that you can
buy new. There are other headphones I don't know about, but sence I have
two quality sets with life time warranty, I am set for headphones for a long
time. I don't have to worry what they cost. Mine just cost shipping from
now on. Good luck with your search.
HH,[/quote]
All points very valid.but still some of the cheaper ones .mainly the whites are good for those people that for what ever reason don't want to afford the $100.00+ price tag .But not in my case .I have looked at all and have just purchased a set of Sun Ray Pro Golds based on price ,features and the very high quality transducers that they use

.The Rat phones came in second .they use the same transducers but to get the full features you need to spend $30.00 more and they don't have the covered switches. Thanx for all the comments and advice.all points well taken.
Happy Hunting

Michael