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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy Thanks for the responses. But, does the sound system sound anything like the sound on the preproduction model that was in the video on trains.com a while ago? [/quote] Yes it sounds exactly like the video does. I got mine 2 days ago. All in all it's a highly detailed engine, but the sound is a step below QSI's system. Sounds are a bit "Fuzzy" and I only am able to run it in DC mode since I don't have DCC. Chuff rate can be adjusted higher or lower per revolution of the wheels and the main volume can be adjusted, but thats it. I was hoping to adjust the volumes separately like my BLI 4-8-4 QSI system but this cannot be done. The wireless remote is only good for activating sounds...stay near your power pack to run the loco though. Sometimes the engine does not respond to wireless remote commands if blocked by scenery or the remote is held below the level of the layout...as long as you think of it like a TV remote and "aim" it at the engine it works ok. Personally I would have rather not had the wireless remote feature in exchange for the QSI system. Has anyone replaced the sound decoder with the Digitrax #3985 challenger decoder yet? is it difficult? Would it still operate in dual mode DC/DCC?????
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