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Last Updated: November 2007
Unsolicited customer testimonials:
Just a quick note to thank you for your excellent product.
My brother Dave and I just finished a gruelling 8 day, 5000 mile trip from the east coast across the US and up through Death Valley to Victoria BC. Thanks to the MC2, I was able to hum along with the satellite radio while still receiving the occasional directions from my GPS. Regrettably, we weren't able to try out the FRS radio interface. Probably a good thing since I got tired of listening to my brother after a few days anyway :) I considered my helmet the "cone of silence" in this respect.
Hope your trip to Alaska went as well as our's did. You went in the right direction I think, as we had to endure 100 degree plus temperatures for most of our trip.
Cheers,
PS, Victoria, BC June 2006 |
John, Well I got the Mix-It2 and used it on a trip down to Tucson. I must say that it is a lot better than the original Mix-It. No engine noise, just good music from the XM and some noise from the V1. The V1 noise comes in handy sometimes. Great product. Thanks, - BS, AZ June 2006 |
Dear John, Called you, but you were on vacation til today... I finally got a little time to mail you my Mix-It. It's the best piece of equipment on my three BMW bikes. But as you can see it melted in the Hot Florida Keys (Key Largo) Sun while on top in the clear plastic pocket of my tank bag... well it kept on working... I can't be without it since it mixes my XM w/my Passport radar detector... Anyway, my buddys spoke to you at the North Georgia Mountain Rally and you told them to have me send it to you with $10.00 and you would check it out and replace the melted cover. So here it is! I've met you at many BMW rally's and bought this unit from you... I think it was in West Virginia or Seattle... Thanks John.
- GC, FL June 2006 |
Thanks John! Great service, just like when I bought the original Mix-It. Great product, too. Looking forward to using the new version!
- RJ, MT April 2006
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John, Made it to florida and just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the Mix-It2 it works great!
- MM, MO March 2006 |
John I've got a Garmin 2610. BTW, I bought (very expensive) one of those tank bags that attaches to the fuel port so that it stands off the tank just a bit. Got it from twistedthrottle.com made in Germany and it's slick, have brought power to the bag and installed my bulkhead connector for audio earphones. Looks and works great, I'll take a photo and send it along later. BTW the Mix-It and ER6i work great, fidelity is very impressive and while they look like the old ones (I gave them to a friend) they seem a bit more comfortable, although we didn't ride all that long today, went to Colo Nat. Monument sightseeing, gorgeous day 50 - 55. - RA, Feburary 2006 |
Hi John,
I have two of your Mix-It 2's and I love them. My second one had a weird experience, but now works perfectly. Last month I rode to my River City Beemer meeting and the sound worked great. After the breakfast meeting was over I rode to A&S BMW, but noticed that the sound was muffled and crackly and acted like my earphone plug was malfunctioning. I then noticed a white powder substance around the stereo plug in. The rest of day I was battling the Mix-it with the sound cutting in and out.
When I got home I sprayed some contact cleaner inside the plug-in and then with a small cotton Q-tip I cleaned the inside of the plug-in. Since then the sound has been perfect and my ear phones connect properly.
I'm glad that the cleaning cured the problem. The odds of someone sabotaging the plug-in are so remote, but I can't figure out where the white substance came from. I don't think it was corrosion because my other Mix-it has never had a white powder or substance at all.
Like I said, a weird experience.
Keep up the good work,
- KR, CA February 2006
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Thank you very much for the quick and friendly service! I really like the unit! The sound quality is superb!
-RF, FL May 2005 |
John, got the Mix-It and it works great. thanks for a speedy shipment and a great product. It was exactly what I was looking for. I will spread the word about the unit to my other biker friends. - DH, CA May 2005 |
I just got this last night but I love it!!!! I use a mini-tankbag with an Archos Jukebox MP3 player. I also have a Garmin 2610 GPS, RAM mounted to my Heli-bars, in the center. The MP3 player has always had an OK volume but I know I was loosing lots of sound quality so I decided to try the Mix-It to see if it would help. I also wanted to add the optional Garmin 2610 patch cord so I could hear the audio alerts from the GPS.
I use some Sony earbuds plugged into the Mix-It output jack. The MP3 is plugged into one of the four input stereo jacks and so is the Garmin 2610. The results were incredible. Pros: Comes with a cig lighter 12volt power cord, I cut the end off mine and added a bmw plug for plugging into my right fairing. A large volume knob makes it easy to turn the volume up or down quickly, yet it is firm enough to not accidentally turn itself, as in a tank bag. There are two more available input jacks for a radar detector, cell phone (in case you want to hear it ring) or XM Radio. Cons: - JN, Texas |
I've used this for the last year on my Harley and soon on my ST. I think it works great and really like it.
John Brown who makes it is a terrific guy and a great help with any issues you might have using it. I had all kinds of power noise and ground loop issues that he helped me sort out. It had nothing to do with the Mix-It, it had to do with all the other crap I was trying to hook up into it but John helped me with all of it. I never wrote up a full review on that stuff but you can get a feel for what I was doing with from a couple things I posted on my website. Basically I found a small fly fishing tackle box that I could fit the Mix-It in and then drill holes in it to get to the power, volume, and all the jacks. After I did that I ran the MP3 player, GPS, radar detector, and cellphone all into and ran the output into the line-in on the Harley's stereo. Worked great and managed to figure out a way to use the intercom for the voice input to the cellphone so I could talk on the phone. All that will some cables and the Mix-it. Can't say enough good things about it. http://hard-core-ware.com/howtos/index.php?page=farkles - CG, Wisconsin |
Thank you John,
Your Mix-It worked flawlessly on a recent 5K mile trip out west. I decided to eliminate the engine noise after the battery died. Not a bad little battery, after two weeks of daily use, I had to go to bike power. Our Wal-Mart does not sell a replacement battery just STandard 9volt batteries. I really like the large volume knob. |
Hey, John ...
Okay, okay - You were 100%, absolutely right !!! I received the ER-6's yesterday afternoon and played last night with 'em for bloody HOURS! (missing some sleep in the process, damn it!) Even with just my little Rio Cali MP3 player (which is no powerhouse) they sound WONDERFUL ... A far, far cry better than my Sony earbuds (which were not THAT much cheaper, really), and somewhat a whole new experience due to the Etymotic's incredible sound isolation properties. These could easily double as earplugs when you turn the music off, and I will probably use them that way too on rides when I have music along. Damn near DEAD silence when you have them in, and they go so far in I cannot imagine them causing any discomfort in a helmet (though I have not gotten to go riding with 'em yet ... but certainly soon, this weekend for sure, if nothing else). Just wanted to let you know they arrived safely, and that your recommendation was 100% SPOT-ON !!! Thanks again, and again, and again ... <grin> Cheers! -AP, Corpus Christi Texas |
I used the Mix-It on my Yamaha FRJ1300 during the 2003 Iron Butt Rally. I was using it to mix audio sources and feed it into the aux-in on my Hondaline CB/Intercom. The Hondaline unit died due to water intrusion near Lake City, FL (the half-way point). The Mix-It was then pressed into primary duty to mix my audio and feed it straight into my ear monitors. Of course, I no longer had a CB, but the MixIt ran day and night without a hitch for the entire rally; feeding me audio from my MP3 player, GPS and Valentine 1. I use the MixIt on my bike regularly and continue to be pleased with its performance. - MJ, TX |
| BTW, the Mix-It works great. I've been using it with a V1, an FRS and either an MP3/CD player or a Roady XM radio plugged in, going into earmold speakers. I recently rode a friend's bike who had an AirRider with all the same stuff plugged into it. The sound on the Mix-It was better, and I found that being able to hear all the audio sources at the same time worked much better than the AirRider's "override" system, where the lower priority sources cut in and out when, say, the V1 goes off. And as for ruggedness - 9000+ miles on the Iron Butt Rally and it was about the only thing that didn't break. Great idea, great implementation. -DS, IL |
I'm glad to advertise your product, as it is the best that I have found inhe last 15 years. I went
through 60 miles of down pour Monday, and didn't even worry about it getting wet.
Thanks! |
Hi, Thanks for the rally discount! After listening to the Mix-It today I would have gladly paid the extra $10.00!!! I connected up my Autocomm to the Mix-It, my new XM radio, some earplugs and headed down the road on my FJR1300. The sound quality blew me away! WOW! what a difference - I can actually hear bass, I didn't even know the Autocomm speakers had bass!!! I could hear every word - even at excessive speeds :-) Thanks and I hope you sell a Jillion of these! I wish I had invented it! -AA, Houston TX |
-KR, Fair Oaks, CA |
Works as advertised. I leave it sticking out of the left side of my tankbag.
It is VERY handy to reach down with my left hand and adjust the volume as
needed. Absolutely no problems what so ever. It went throught a lot of rain
when I forgot to "tuck" it into the tank bag (I forgot several times) with no
ill effects. The outer 1" of the label is coming off but I do not care in the least*. In fact it gives it a tougher, meaner look! Original battery lasted for almost 5000 miles. In fact the only reason I replaced it was that I was sure it couldn't last much longer and I didn't want to fool with it by the side of the road. With my mp3 player and V1 it BLASTS when driving my modified Koss/earplug speakers. Volume is not a problem. The only complaint I have and it is a tiny one, is that the on/off switch is a bit of a pain in the ass for my fat fingers to get to, especially with gloves on. We need to hit up Mike Valentine for the supplier of his knobs that incorporate the on/off with the volume, but make sure to use the big silver, knurled knob from yours. Make it smaller and less plasticky for a higher perceived value for the weenies. (I could care less, FUNCTION baby!) Great product, as I told you before I had looked for such a thing for a long time. I hope you sell a zillion of them and get very rich. (I am a small business owner and always root for the little, clever guy) Good luck!! |
NOTE: Early units were shipped with a paper label with a protective sheet covering, it was not weatherproof by any means. In July of 2003, lexan labels finally arrived and every unit since then has used the improved label. There hasn't been a report of a label falling off since switching to the new label. |
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