The first thing I noticed was how well made they were. The sound is really good especially on the high silver tones. My first time out with the E-Trac just getting outside of Boston and I hit the 1802 Large Cent. That sound is still in my head. 
To be honest about it I expect Sun Ray products to be pretty good anyway so I wasn't surprised. What surprised me was that as soon as I got a chance to hunt it was with Ray (MO) with his new E-Trac and he already had a pair of Sun Ray Pro Gold headphones and swore by them. In fact I asked Ray to put down in words his feelings on the headphones. Here's what he said?
"I have used several different top of the line phones and the Sunray Pro Gold give me the best sound and tone quality we all search for when using a tone ID type machine.They are a pleasure to use with the dual volume controls and comfortable design .They also come with a right angle plug that works so well with most machines."
At this point I was wondering what I was doing testing them when a guy like Ray who hunts almost every day is using them and is outspoken about them maybe I should just quote him and give up my personal test. Well.. I have to test these out myself and I can tell myself I'm not skipping work testing them I decided and continued on with my detecting plans. My next time out was with Bryce-IL and as I pulled up to the park to meet him guess what he had on? Yep. The Sun Ray headphones.
I asked him his take and asked him the same thing I asked Ray. Put it down in words. Here's what I got:
"I can honestly say I would be lost without them. They just give me the "sweet" high tone warble I like to hear when hunting parks for deep silver.
When my Minelab SE coil passes over silver...the Sunray Pro Golds sound off with a very high quality treble tone that stops me right in my tracks. My ears have grown accustomed to that special sound I feel they give me.
I've hunted quite a few times with guys...and we always experiment over deep signals to see if we are "hearing" the same thing. I definitely prefer what I'm hearing through the Pro Golds. No way I could... or would hunt without them....and that's the honest truth."
Here's a picture of Bryce with his phones on...
[attachment 111309 sunray2-phones.jpg]
Anyway... There are a lot of headphones out there and I probably should go on for a bit about them but the two most prolific posters on here are already using them and I actually quoted their thoughts. I should just shut up most likely...
Good hunting... Guvner
To be honest about it I expect Sun Ray products to be pretty good anyway so I wasn't surprised. What surprised me was that as soon as I got a chance to hunt it was with Ray (MO) with his new E-Trac and he already had a pair of Sun Ray Pro Gold headphones and swore by them. In fact I asked Ray to put down in words his feelings on the headphones. Here's what he said?
"I have used several different top of the line phones and the Sunray Pro Gold give me the best sound and tone quality we all search for when using a tone ID type machine.They are a pleasure to use with the dual volume controls and comfortable design .They also come with a right angle plug that works so well with most machines."
At this point I was wondering what I was doing testing them when a guy like Ray who hunts almost every day is using them and is outspoken about them maybe I should just quote him and give up my personal test. Well.. I have to test these out myself and I can tell myself I'm not skipping work testing them I decided and continued on with my detecting plans. My next time out was with Bryce-IL and as I pulled up to the park to meet him guess what he had on? Yep. The Sun Ray headphones.
I asked him his take and asked him the same thing I asked Ray. Put it down in words. Here's what I got:
"I can honestly say I would be lost without them. They just give me the "sweet" high tone warble I like to hear when hunting parks for deep silver.
When my Minelab SE coil passes over silver...the Sunray Pro Golds sound off with a very high quality treble tone that stops me right in my tracks. My ears have grown accustomed to that special sound I feel they give me.
I've hunted quite a few times with guys...and we always experiment over deep signals to see if we are "hearing" the same thing. I definitely prefer what I'm hearing through the Pro Golds. No way I could... or would hunt without them....and that's the honest truth."
Here's a picture of Bryce with his phones on...
[attachment 111309 sunray2-phones.jpg]
Anyway... There are a lot of headphones out there and I probably should go on for a bit about them but the two most prolific posters on here are already using them and I actually quoted their thoughts. I should just shut up most likely...
Good hunting... Guvner
