Has anyone used this while riding a harley or another loud bike at highway speeds? How is the audio and mic quality at those levels?
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I ride a Kawasaki Ninja and wear a full face helmet. I've had people call me on the phone while I was riding at speeds of 75-80 MPH and they couldn't tell I was on the bike. I could hear them clearly.
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I have a Victory Judge with aftermarket exhaust which is substantially louder than stock. At highway speed, no one I talk to can tell I am on the highway. As for the speakers, they are more tuned for voice than music (I.e not too much bass) but I still like em a lot and can hear my music at 70+ mph.
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In addition, I had my speakers sewed into the helmet padding near the ear and sound is excellent at 70+....
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I ride a hyabusa with voodoo exhaust (very loud) and people don't even realize I'm on the bike (modular helmet).
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I use the SMH10 which uses similar ear speakers and mic. My bike is a softail standard with windshield. A lot of wind noise is more the issue then the loud pipes. My best results are obtained with a helmet that has a face shield. With that setup all functions were significantly better then usable. With the face shield up on the helmet then wind noise became the issue at hwy speeds.
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i've been able to pick up sound up to as far as 20 feet of someone talking to another person. However, the noise will increase as well. outdoors, you'd be better off with a windfur or a blimp or a lav or a lav with fur. but this alone won't block wind. it just produces great sound quality, nice bass, balanced treble, compared to on-camera mics or cheaper mics. For even better results, i hear that the NTG3 works as good as the Senheiser 416, which is the minimum mic hollywood would use. then put the NTG3/416 in a blimp with fur on the blimp and that will be the best wind cutting system.
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You'd probably have a lot of wind noise for each other and have to likely speak very loudly. I've used them with a friend with both of us using 3/4 helmets, but we both had shields on them. There was a good bit of wind noise that way, so I'd imagine you'll just have it amped up. Engine noise isn't so much an issue as the wind blowing directly into and swirling around your face and the microphone.
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The sound quality is much better than the built in mic. Very sensitive if run through a mixer before feeding to camera. I have several shotgun mic's for video shoots and this is by far my favorite one. I can pick up a whisper 80' away with this mic.
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Can anyone confirm that they have used this mic while recording video. I'm looking to record video and high quality audio without having to sync up the feeds
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I have no problems with hearing people I drive a fork lift at times and can hear pretty good however I use it for my phone not for games hope this helps
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Yes John. there are pics of the MC500 on my 05 Road King. I decided to mount the speakers on the engine bars and they have plenty of volume, just give them a slight tilt upward & toward you. im very impressed with the mp3 sound quality. if you record your own tunes add a little bottom, small speakers do not carry much bass, still way safer than ear buds. For the price the MC 500 is a home run, good luck, ride safe. the pictures are on facebook,
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I hooked the system on my Harley and ran and additional two Sony 5.25" 150w speakers and the system sounds awesome, comes in clear as a bell over the pipes and full helmet travelling at 100km/h.
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It's one of the best. However, because of it's low output, you will need an audio interface that produces at least 60db gain. This setup on the higher price spectrum, but the quality is phenomenal. Many people in broadcasting use this mic.
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To answer your question we strapped the speaker to our Vino 50cc scooter and rode around with Spotify on full blast. Could barely hear the music during idle, nothing at speed. But it sounded just fine while the scooter was off and we were changing the oil...
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Mine is on my Harley, fastened it to original horn mount. At 1st there was hardly any sound out of it, so I added a horn relay (5.99 from Autozone) which puts 12v from battery right to horn, you still use MC horn button to activate. Now its blasts loud!
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The volume is slightly lacking. I used it at the Indianapolis GP and 500 and was able to hear fine when the cars were not there, but I had to have it turned up all the way. When the cars went by you could not hear it. However, I was only using ear buds. A headset with a volume booster may help. I will be going to the Milwaukee Indyfest in August which will put the cars in constant earshot and I will report back how it does in that situation.Update: was OK, but again was only using ear buds. I would definitely recommended noise cancelling or amplified headset.
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I can hear the GPS voice loud and clear. It is sent through my hardwired headset. Even if it wasn't, I could probably hear it at full volume. You can simply un-latch the unit from the bike and lock it into the car window mount. I've had no problems using it on both types of vehicles.
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I'm using it on a harley ultra classic and I have it connected to a Sena dual bluetooth transmitter. And I have the bluetooth paired to a LG wireless earbuds. I can listen to radio and with my cell phone connected to Sena blue tooth I can take and talk on phone.
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Hi AlexThe Pill has enough horsepower so that you may hear it no matter how fast you are riding. Of course the faster you go the more outside noise from wind etc you will hear but it has worked well for me.
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There is some slight wind noise through the mic but I installed the Vega speaker pads I found on Amazon from Orange Choppers in Florida and it helped tremendously. There is a noise cancellation setting in the Sena that you can also use and it helps.
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Me and the wife had one on a sporty with no windshield we didn't have any problem sound quality was very good. We would talk back-and-forth and both listen to music separately. I could even use the built-in voice commands on an iPhone and send text messages while riding, but the translation was hit and miss .