I recently installed a soundtraxx tsunami decoder in my kato ho scale dash 9. It went very well, the instructions were well written and the decoder very well made. With that said the speaker i used was also a soundtraxx speaker, small oval its about 1" long and 1/2" wide. The loco sounds great but i needed to turn all the volume settings all the way up (255), and I would like it to be a little louder. Just wondering if i can add another speaker or if its better to just replace it with a larger one. I was thinking of adding a soundtrax mega bass speaker in addition to the one that i originally installed. Not sure if this is the right thing to do or not? Thank you for any input.
While you can use a pair of speakers, the first question is, was the speaker installed into an enclosure?
That would make a difference for the sound levels.
Example: http://www.dccwiki.com/Proto_2000_with_Tsunami#Sound
You can probably construct something out of plastic sheet or a similar rigid material, and you can use the body to form part of it as well. Without a baffle, the sound waves will be out of phase and cancel each other. The enclosure contains the sound from the back of the speaker to reduce the effect while enhancing the sound.
You can also buy enclosures too, but they tend to fit specific speakers.
An enclosure will greatly enhance the sound from any speaker. The larger the enclosure the better the sound. Just adding another speaker will not give it better performance. For the best sound use the largest speaker and enclosure that will fit your locomotive.
Pete
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Your speaker will sound much better if you put it into a proper enclosure.
http://www.litchfieldstation.com/xcart/home.php?cat=95
wow! What a differance, that's crazy how much better and louder it sounds. I built a small encloser out of styrene the same size of the speaker and a half inch deep. Never would I have thought it would make that kind of a difference. Thank you.
Here is a useful link about sound. Look in Curriculum and save the link to Favorites. Some of you here might do the same.
http://www.mrdccu.com/
Rich
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