I used the WM08 99% of the time with the Nox 800 with earbuds. When I bought a 900, I used the Quest WireFree pro transmitter/receiver. I've never been a fan of any Minelab wireless headphones sound quality. I plan on using the same setup on the Manticore I just bought. The Quest operates at 2.4 ghz, no lag and plenty of volume for my hearing. At $89 bucks, I'm sure it'll be less expensive than the WM09. Kinda of a crappy move by Minelab not to include it with a machine twice the cost of the 800.
When I was invited in Sept/Oct 2022 by a local dealer to purchase the newley released Minleab Manticore, I fronted up expecting a WM and something other than the wireless headphones.
They suggested I go wired.
Was quickly ejected from the store because of my "aggressive" questioning and maybe I had a 'motor mouth blab", given I was the buyer as to why on why on earth there was no WM for the Manticore, like the CTX3030 and Equinox 800 that I had purchased from them came stock and part of the deal.
All they could muster was a shoulder shrug or two from both the store manager and shop assistants saying that not even Minelab would tell them.
At that point they requested I leave as I was not welcome even the though I had the cash in my pocket.
They had judged me wrong but what the heck. Stupidity at that point was the order of the day for ALL me included because I had not worn the kid gloves and steped on to many egg shells and was not properly informed about a WM not being available.
Eventually purchased a Manticore from another dealer in another state in March.
After receiving it, In frustration I contacted Minelab in Adelaide, Australia by phone in mid MArch this year and asked if they maybe had any plans for a WM for the Manticore and the words were "good Idea" but not for now and then the words "but maybe it'll be possible".
I think that others contacted Minelab and maybe "barked" like I had on the matter. I guess they new that it would become a money spinner if they waited long enough.
I looked at obatining the Quest, Z link and the MDLink. none of them appealed as the thing they ALL had in common and put me off was they all needed two modules to operate.
There's nothing I could find that would operate to send a signal with the immediate response like the WMs for CTX and Nox 800 to the inbuilt Manticore reciever.
Held back back from buying any of them but was silly enough to purchase a few bluetooth versions to try (they were a waste of good money in that they all had a lag time that I found unaccepatble) and revereted back to the Manticore supplied wireless headphones.
Even considered somehow using the headphone electronics to make a stand alone WM that I would plug my choice of earbuds into but realised that it wasn't too good an idea to gamble doin such.
Earbuds and wireless for me when detecting