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Lazy J

Gentlemen,
It's that time of year again and we are hassling with our remote gear. The owner wants to use the company cell phones to call-in football games. We have a pile of various cables and adapters because no two phones are alike. The one thing they all seem to have in common is... BLUETOOTH! So, I am very interested in a mixer with bluetooth connectivity.
I have been looking at the JK Audio Blue Pack http://jkaudio.com/bluepack.htm It's EXACTLY what I want, but it will only do ONE MIC. No so good when you have two guys calling the game.
The other option was the JK Audio RemoteMix4 http://jkaudio.com/remotemix-4.htm, but it is a bit overkill for two guys and it costs... $1400. Good luck getting that one approved!

So, I am looking to the collective brain trust for advice. Anybody else make something like this? My goal is to find SIMPLE, Simple, simple, and fairly cheap. Two guys, two headsets, bluetooth. Advice?
 
Warning: All Bluetooth devices are not compatible with all phones.

Assuming that the Blue Pack will work with your stations phone(s), why not use an external mixer with the Blue Pack? Most every station probably has a 4-6 channel mixer laying around that can output XLR.
 
Another consideration at any event with hundreds of people is that there can be lots of interference. Anybody who has bluetooth on their phone can cause your system intererence. Even if they are not using a headset, bluetooth when tirned on and set to visible, sends out beacon signals every so many milliseconds. Not to mention if wifi is present it can cause audio burps from interference since it and bluetooth use 2.4 ghz ISM band.
 
See the other discussion about remote mixers...Shure makes an up-dated version of the legendary M67 4 channel mixer for around $250. Believe it has a mike level output that could feed directly into your Bluetooth device.
 
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