General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Back when the Bachmann HO scale Shay was first released, SoundTraxx came out with a loco-specific decoder that was plug-n-play.  The speaker provided by them at the time was only a 3/4 inch round one, and even it barely fit.

I think your only hope is to go with a smaller speaker, but the sound quality and volume really suffers because of the small size.  My Shays are barely audible even if no other sound locomotives are on the layout.

Milwhiawatha wrote:

Well this is the decoder Tonys train exchange gave me at Trainfest in Milwaukee Last Nov. I finally got to hooking up te wires to fit in an HO 8 pin plug. Well now after all that I cant install the Oval speaker and the decoder in the water tank tender what should I do? Has anyone done this any photos? I search and couldnt find any.

I have installed many a sound decoder into the Bachmann 3 truck Shay...never an issue.

David B

400 dollars?

Make sure that whatever speaker you go with, make sure it is 100ohms.

David B

Loksound decoder + 8 ohm speaker= Dead Loksound decoder + 8 ohm speaker.

David B