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DC vs. DCC ... oh no not again

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 1, 2007 6:36 PM

Ah, thanks Larry.

 Sounds pretty good for the DC folks. (pun intended) Cool [8D]

 

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Posted by BRAKIE on Sunday, April 1, 2007 9:33 PM
 MTennent wrote:

Ah, thanks Larry.

 Sounds pretty good for the DC folks. (pun intended) Cool [8D]

 

 

Mike,Athearn has join the DC/sound wagon..Their Genesis SD45-2 will come with DC/Sound as will the next release on the Genesis F7s..Both units will use a wireless handheld remote for DC sound.

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Posted by ghonz711 on Monday, April 2, 2007 4:51 PM

Interesting... What, in your opinion is the best, low-mid ranged steam sound decoder on the market?  I'm lookin at anything between the 90-110 dollar area.  I'm looking to equip my IHC 4-8-2 with a sound decoder in the near future.  Would really appreciate your input.

Ghonz

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Posted by twhite on Monday, April 2, 2007 8:12 PM

Oboy, we're in it again, at least from some of the posts I'm reading. 

I'm staying out of it, this time--the last time I snapped back at ModelMaker, a contribuitor that I admire very much, and thereby caused a minor conflagration. 

ModelMaker--apologies for misreading your post, I got caught up in a snit and couldn't get out of it.

Anyway, still sticking with DC because it works for me. 

PS:  I have about six BLI DC-DCC steamers I'd like to sell very reasonably.  Won't advertise on EBay, since I've found out that there are PayPal hackers out there.  Anyone interested, look up my E-mail address on my profile and contact me personally, I'll give you all the info. 

Again, ModelMaker, if you read this, my sincere apologies.

Tom  

 

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Posted by BRAKIE on Monday, April 2, 2007 8:33 PM
 ghonz711 wrote:

Interesting... What, in your opinion is the best, low-mid ranged steam sound decoder on the market?  I'm lookin at anything between the 90-110 dollar area.  I'm looking to equip my IHC 4-8-2 with a sound decoder in the near future.  Would really appreciate your input.

Ghonz

 

For steam I favor the sound of Tsunami..I have heard these decoders and was impress with the over all sound.

Larry

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Posted by ghonz711 on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 4:40 PM

 BRAKIE wrote:
For steam I favor the sound of Tsunami..I have heard these decoders and was impress with the over all sound.

Ya I have heard great reviews about the Tsunami, however, I saw that MRC has steam decoders on their website.  Anyone have any experience (directly or indirectly) with these sound decoders?

Ghonz

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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 4:53 PM

Ghonz,

You'll find that the general consensus here on the MRC decoders is that they are, sadly, not worth considering...

Tom 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 5:03 PM

Amen on the MRC Decoders. Yes I do own a 4-4-0 RTR with a MRC Decoder.. (A Brilliance series? Humpth) it felt like I needed the electronic equivilant of a sledge to hammer it into compliance and does not do switching very well. Option one whistle. Behind that is 7 different whistles. None very good.

On the other hand I can make the giant QSI 2-10-2 Heavy do the waltz over the worst track with very precise adjustments in DCC.

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