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I'll have to trim some off the bottle cap, but I'll try it before I change the speaker. I talked with two technicians at Soundtraxx today and they said I could use the different capacitor. Allan Gartner's site says the same thing, too. The guys at Soundtraxx said the only reason they include just the 50 uF capacitor is because os space limitations, but the decoder could handle the 1000 uF if I could get one to fit. I have one that will fit. They gave me all their reasons TO use the different capacitor. You just said NOT to use it. Any pirticular reason? <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by cacole</i> <br /><br />Don't remove or change the capacitor. Putting the speaker into a baffle will have a more drastic effect than tinkering with the capacitor value. <br /> <br />There's not much room in the Bachmann Shay for a speaker and baffle; that's why the decoder comes with only a 3/4" diameter speaker with no baffle, but if you can find a plastic bottle cap that the speaker will fit onto and get it to fit into the Shay, sound and volume will improve. <br /> <br />[/quote]
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