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QUOTE: Originally posted by PennsyHoosier A vigorous Hoosier YES to sound. I'm working out the plan to upgrade my older locos.
Originally posted by EZamora I think the important thing here is 'what ever satifies you'! I don't have any sound locomotives. Just seeing them run by the scenery makes me happy. I did make a trip to Denver this year to Caboose Hobbies and this great salesman showed me the BLI E-7 SP in daylight colors and once he ran it on the test track, AHH, I was impressed!! But when I saw the price..you guest it ...sticker shock!!!! I can't afford it! And I could live without it for now! I'm satified on what I have! How true/ as with anything and everything its your layout and what ever you like to what ever detail is great.I think volume levels has alot to do with the enjoyment of this pirticular question.When i am running at home I usually run by myself or with a few of the kids in the nieberhood so there is never that many trains on the layout at one time,i have noticed that the factory settings on qsi systems seem to be set at a high volume level.I usually adj the volume right after the initial run.The post so far has seemed to lean toward sound and the realism it creates,but I would like to thank everyone on either side of the question for all the replies.Merry Chritmas to all ,may you get many hours of enjoyment out of your favorite loco,weather you can hear it or not. Reply Edit Texas Zepher Member sinceOctober 2004 From: Colorful Colorado 8,639 posts Posted by Texas Zepher on Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:50 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by johncolley Chuck Clark, I have not heard any of the locomotive sound systems that included the clickety-clack of the wheels on the track. What are you referring to? I don't know which modern system he was talking about but my both my PFM Sound System II had it (on tape 3 I believe). Frankly it was a sound I never used. It, like the engine sound, needs to be syncronized with the speed. Track voltage variation doesn't quite hack it. The PFM system had the engine sound down but no sensor for the wheel sound and it never seemed to be right. Reply MidlandPacific Member sinceFebruary 2003 1,138 posts Posted by MidlandPacific on Monday, December 20, 2004 11:22 AM I've always been a bit of an agnostic on sound, for a couple of reasons: one is that my wife's first intro to sound was an MTH layout with five trains blaring at once; I had, with my BLI 2-8-2 in mind, to reassure her that, "no, honey, you won't have anything like this racket emanting from OUR basement," and I'd like to stick with it. I also tend to think that, since an HO train always appears for reasons of size and scale to be fairly distant, most sound systems would destroy or mar that sense. Having said that, I saw Howard Zane's layout last week and had the model railroading equivalent of an epiphany. Howard had run a few trains and left the power on as we chatted. We had just come to a natural pause in conversation when the sound of a safety valve lifting made me turn my head: a stationary Shay had just "popped off." The volume and the effect were both perfect! http://mprailway.blogspot.com "The first transition era - wood to steel!" Reply 12 Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
QUOTE: Originally posted by johncolley Chuck Clark, I have not heard any of the locomotive sound systems that included the clickety-clack of the wheels on the track. What are you referring to?
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