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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by jshrade</i> <br /><br />Some people amaze me.... Ten years ago when I was just getting started in the hobby, some guys I knew bought railroad soundtrack CD's and played them on a portable CD player hidden below the layout just to get the illusion of sound. Now we have the capability for sound equipped locos with everything from individual bells and whistles, to coupling, air compressors, and diesel startup noises, and when something doesn't work exactly like it's supposed to, the manufacturer gets slammed for producing a 'faulty product'. Ease up guys, come on. If you want perfection, get a job with the prototype. No need to slam a manufacturer because of a typo in the manual. I mean, I've even heard guys complain because the 'diesel sound' available with a particular decoder isn't "GE" or "EMD" specific, and sounds nothing like such and such a locomotive, or the same regarding a particular air horn. I just don't understand how some people can be that much of a perfectionist when this is supposed to be a FUN hobby. I'll stick with MRC's 4 sound DCC diesel decoder, because quite frankly, it's still fun for me (at half the cost). <br /> <br />Sorry, that's my rant for the day. I'll hush now. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Im not very picky about correct sound for a locomotive, I dont hang around real trains much so I dont know what Im listening to anyway[:p]. But this isnt about that, its about the poor quality products that MRC produces for the DCC market. many manufacturers make great sound decoders, QSI, Soundtraxx, Digitrax, and LOKsound are some. I dont know if they truly cant figure it out, or if they just dont care, but MRC makes some of the worst decoders you can buy. I have only had experience with a few, but after lots of trying to make them work all of them got replaced with good decoders. Not to mention the DCC systems. The original prodigy works, it does what it is supposed to, but that isnt much. The full-featured prodigy advance however is not worth the box it comes in. We know MTH reads this forum. Are you listening MRC?[:D] <br />
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