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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by modlerbob</i> <br /><br />Last night I went to a friends house where a group of us get together with some modules we are working on. I took my BLI SD40-2 for a little show and tell. These people have an interest in trains of course but none are "experts" the closest to an expert is my friend who worked for the CSX for a few years. <br /> <br />This was everyone's first experience with a sound equipped locomotive and they were all highly impressed with both the locomotive and the sound. I told them that the "experts" had really come down hard on this model as being inaccurate in both look and sound. They could not believe what I was saying. <br /> <br />Before anybody replies repeating all the flaws this model has, don't bother, I already know about most if not all of them. The point of my writing this is to point out that many people would be completely satisfied with owning this model and could care less about it's flaws. It pulls a healthy string of cars and was fun to watch and listen too. <br /> <br />So don't let those who are always ready to point out what's wrong with this loco or that car dampen the fun you can have in this hobby. As long as it runs well and doesn't fall apart at the first sign of misuse I think a model serves it's purpose. <br /> <br />Bob DeWoody <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Sound is very subjective to each individual person and each of us wants to hear just the right sound according to our recollection. None of the sound installed models can make the low sounds that a real diesel makes and actually vibrates the hearer is you are close to a working unit in run 8. However, the more detailed they make the model, the critics show up to dispel any quality of the model compared to something they know about or saw in a show one time long ago. So many SD40-2’s have been made up until now, most critics just picked another one from the lot if they wanted one that had the correct phase details for their needs instead of coming down on the new product. Even the early brass models are not detailed like the plastic models are today, but many of us will continue to review new plastic models against impossible standards of detail, when this is just a hobby and we should all lighten up... <br /> <br />If you enjoy and like the model, pay no attention to critics and run it with or without the turbo sound. This is a great hobby and we can all enjoy RTR models in many forms. A few years ago, a person had to pick a shell and drive system and detail it with many parts to even come close to what you can buy today. <br /> <br />It does bother me that many of the latest sound offerings do not even come close to the real thing, but I simply listen to it, and reject or buy it according to my desire to run the model or replace the sound with Soundtraxx. <br /> <br />
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