I will point out two thigns and I am done posting in this thread. One, there have in the apst couple of days been two brand new psoters who seem to think MRC sound decoders are the best thing ever, better sound quality than any otehr brand, etc. That is a bit suspicious - rememebr the MTH troll a few years ago? This is why I will not be posting in this thread anymore - don;t feed the trolls.
Second, liek everyoen else, I can;t sya enough about MRC's DC power supplies. Somewhere at my Mom's house is the old MRC Dualpack we bought some tiem int he early 70's - if th eline cord is in good condition, I bet it still works today. Same with the Tech II 1500 I bought for an N scale layout I built in 1979 - that took me a long time to save up the money to buy that, it cost more than two of my locos put together, but I decided it was worth it - and it even made my rather junky old Bachmann N scale locos run well. I too am perplexed at their poor DCC products, especially their first two go-arounds. Oh, and I always lusted after the one Controlmaster pack - the IX maybe - it had meters, brake handle, adjustable momentum, pulse width, pulse duration, and some other stuff - and was well over $100 back in the 70's - WAY out of the price range of my 9-10 year old self. If not for DCC, I might actually have one now.
--Randy
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rrinkertwo brand new psoters who seem to think MRC sound decoders are the best thing ever, better sound quality than any otehr brand, etc. That is a bit suspicious - rememebr the MTH troll a few years ago? This is why I will not be posting in this thread anymore - don;t feed the trolls.
So, if someone has a bad experience with a product they can trumpet their opinions continually and expect them to be accepted as gospel. But if someone has a good experience with the same product they're a troll? I don't think I agree with this.
{a bunch of other stuff here was deleted to keep my post short, plus I didn't want to be called a troll}
maxman rrinkertwo brand new psoters who seem to think MRC sound decoders are the best thing ever, better sound quality than any otehr brand, etc. That is a bit suspicious - rememebr the MTH troll a few years ago? This is why I will not be posting in this thread anymore - don;t feed the trolls. So, if someone has a bad experience with a product they can trumpet their opinions continually and expect them to be accepted as gospel. But if someone has a good experience with the same product they're a troll? I don't think I agree with this. {a bunch of other stuff here was deleted to keep my post short, plus I didn't want to be called a troll}
OK so I'll post in here again anyway. No, posting a positive experience is not being a troll. But when the person pops up quite conveniently and makes their first post exulting the greatness of something that more peopel have had problems with than not, and makes light of factual information fromt he manufacturer themselves, that's a little suspicious don't you think?
" I for one believe in educating without censorship. "
Dave:
I think it's just a human shortcoming. I see similar statements in blogs on the opinion pages of various newspapers: "Why does (fill in newspaper name here) allow these people to post such stupid complaints?"
Many of us have trouble understanding why others disagree with us.
Another Dave
Dave
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I didn't see any mention of it, but NCE released a USB interface at the beginning of the month.
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rrinkerthat's a little suspicious don't you think?
Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes people are satisfied to just sit back and watch until something moves them off center. I had a lengthy reply to this thread that I was going to post two days ago that I deleted because it was in defense of some of the comments made but was not germane to the original topic. Then, after the troll comment, I was again going to post what I had originally planned to say. But heeding David B's suggestion that we move on, you can see where I deleted that also and just commented on the troll statement.
I am relatively new to these forums. If I were a first timer, I think I would be inclined to look at all the "expert" posters (ie: those with posts numbering above 1000) and initially conclude that they know what they're talking about. But after observing for awhile, it seems that many of the experts are not willing to accept, or admit, that there are those whose experiences or opinions do not reflect their own. This extends beyond the topic of MRC decoders. You've got, among others, the guy who has had trouble with every Athearn engine he's had, the guy who says IDCs are lousy because he apparently lives in the humidity capital of the world, the guy who looks down on anyone that wants an alternative to soldering, and the guy who thinks scratch building turnouts is the only way to go.
Certainly everyone is entitled to their own opinions. All I'm suggesting is that there needs to be some balance in what is posted. If someone asks if an MRC sound decoder is any good, I'd have no problem if someone responded that they had no luck with the one(s) they had personally owned. But this business of piling on the negativity with big red letters, etc just gets tiresome. It's my belief that you high numbered posters have an obligation to set an example for the rest of us. I don't think implying that someone is a troll sets a good example.
But then, those are just my opinions!
Driline My guess is A) You work for MRC or B) You failed to take your medication today. Lets see your layout pics and move on to somthing else.
My guess is
A) You work for MRC
or
B) You failed to take your medication today.
Lets see your layout pics and move on to somthing else.
A) i don't work for MRC
B) i took my meds yesterday but i'm not sure if i did today
also i have great experiences with Broadway Limited Locos, I love my GG-1,and my Atlas locos also with QSI sound, but at a club meeting last night, one of the members was complaining that his Mountain is going back to BLI for the third time for decoder failures. Does that make me a troll for BLI, [Hmmm? I do have a second home under a bridge], or does that make my fellow club member crazy because no other decoder on the face of the earth could ever have problems?
I do have layout photos i would like to share, but i have to figure out how to post them here.
and yes it is time to move on to different model railroading subjects...Any one have a happy subject to cheer up Grumpy?
It is human nature to defend our choices. Few of us enjoy hearing someone, or a group of someones, bashing the new car we purchased, and we must feel the same way when we feel our experiences don't have the same currency in the hobby with others. As much as I would never purchase what MRC offers in the way of decoders (only...just their decoders), I do read of some folks whose experiences with them are just peachy...thanks very much. But I won't purchase any because of the multitudes of problems posted on this forum about them.
In any event, let us keep it civil, folks. Wondering aloud if someone has forgotten medications is not acceptable in open discourse. If you feel someone is misbehaving on the forum, you should all have read the policies and know what to do.
Time to move along.
-Crandell