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MRC #1867 Sound decoder- any recommendations?

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MRC #1867 Sound decoder- any recommendations?
Posted by farrellaa on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 3:52 PM

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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 3:57 PM

Any recommendations?  Consider a QSI, Soundtraxx, or Loksound decoder instead.

Tom

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Posted by woodone on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 4:01 PM

Same recommendations you got from  Tom

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Posted by rrinker on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 7:53 PM

 It's cheap. It has a generic sound which they don't say much about.

Avoid it.

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Posted by Truck on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 12:06 PM

Even I would not buy this decoder, especially after the MRC decoder in my N scale challenger went crazy the other day. awaiting the Tsunami replacement. rrinker,davidb, and cacole all have warned me. but I did not listen. I am still sticking to my MRC DCC system though. Just not their decoders, all though I have a few others that have never given me any trouble yet," I hope". It's to risky, and I am not a gambler. Take my N scale challenger for instace, it cost around $300. And now I just spent about $100 for the Tsunami to replace the original decoder in the loco that made it expensive in the first place. And if I ever want to try JMRI I can just buy a sprog2 I guess. more on that later.

And right now thats just how I feel.   Truck.

                                             

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