Quote Originally Posted by TeeDee View Post
I have the 93sv chirp with gt52. I am quite happy with the performance, it is my first sv/dv FF. I have been with a Lowrance friend whose unit showed awesome pics. Much better than mine, but he paid a lot more too. Have an HB friend whose unit doesn't come close to mine. I think a lot of that is in the operation end of it as I have seen tons of really good pics form HB si and di. They all need to be tweaked. I have found tons of cover and structural changes in the small lakes I fish. I have seen (not always) the rice pellets under the dock, and pellets in the brush on dv and on sv. I still hold out hope for Panoptix one day and that is big for me. My 2d and mapping are very good. So ultimately one must decide which of all the variables are most critical for us, go that way and be happy. There are trade-offs everywhere. And remember not all HB's have the dedicated down crystal either. With that said, Garmin made a very poor business decision with this ducer thing.

I to am in the process of purchasing the 93sv chirp with the GT52 transducer. I think that their are pros and cons to all of them. With my final goal being to add Panoptix then this route is the only route that I have. As you have stated also I think that the best thing to do with any of them is to spend time with it and learn all that you can about your own unit. With the internet and you tube as well as these forums there are so many ways to further our knowledge that to not learn now is our own fault more than ever before.
Even with the big blow up on the other forum about Garmin and their handling of that situation I in the end was able to learn much about their units and transducers from those pages.