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What is it about the BLI's sound that you don't like?  It's hard to make a recommendation based on you not being "impressed" without knowing why.If it's levels (one sound too loud, another not loud enough), have you tried adjusting them?  You do know there's about a dozen individual controls, plus the overall volume, don't you?Most BLIs seem to be shipped with the sound turned WAYYYY up -- and it often seems distorted to me.  Turning it down helped a great deal.Or are there sounds missing?  If so, what?Or does it not compare well to something else?  If so, what? If you think it just doesn't sound like a steam engine, well, your're right.   No sound decoder will ever have the low, heavy rumble of a real one -- those little speakers just cannot physically produce the very low bass frequencies required.  You'd need about an 18-inch sub-wooofer!     And you'll find that diesels are even less realistic, as the low rumble produced by a big, slow-revving diesel just ain't possible. I've got 3 BLI steamers and 4 diesels.  Personally, I prefer the Tsunami for steam (I've got 6 so far, and am hoping there'll be a diesel version in my lifetime, but beginning to wonder).   But lots of folks swear by Loksound, and others by QSI.  So what is it you want?
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