Customer Reviews

PowerMIX 2

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Summary: Buyer beware, this is not a stereo-output mixer

Pros: Nice, compact design; well manufactured; simple circuitry likely to be very reliable.

Major Con (pun intended): Device combines one unbalanced mono input and one stereo input into a SINGLE, MONO output that is, rather bizarrely, fed to TWO sets of stereo output jacks. THIS IS NOT AT ALL CLEAR IN THE ONLINE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION --- I thought I was buying a stereo-out device. When I received the package, the mono circuitry was clearly diagrammed on the back, along with text that was relatively unambiguous if not explicit. I confirmed all of this by cracking open the case and looking inside (while mumbling several explatives). SO THIS IS NOT A STEREO-OUT mixer. AGAIN: it takes one mono in, one stereo in, and outputs one MONO signal to four (what look like two stereo) outputs.

This little mixer does what I need it to, although the 1/4" input has a real low overload threshold. Everything comes out mono even though it looks like a stereo mixer. I use it to provide master gain in conjunction with an M-Audio little buddy mic preamp to get separate gain on multiple mics, with an easy way to comtrol the whole bunch.