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Sound in Bowser Decapod?

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Sound in Bowser Decapod?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:14 PM
Has anyone ever put sound decoders in a bowser Decapod? The tender has no floor.
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Posted by nfmisso on Saturday, July 23, 2005 9:53 PM
You will need to build a soundbox for it, .030" or thicker styrene is a good choice.
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Posted by Texas Zepher on Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:28 PM
That could be a blessing in disguise. That means you have more flexibitily mounting the speaker. Is the tender body plastic or metal?

I just found a monster speaker that I've been experimenting with. I made a stand alone custom sound box for it out of styrene, but for comparision built a sound box directly into an Athearn dummy F7B unit. The built in one is much bigger and hence produces much better lower frequency sounds.

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