Don, Is the Locomatic system still the only one you offer that will work on AC? Or does the DCC with Tsunami work with AC as well? D I suppose that this is a dumb question to the electronics gurus on the list, and I apologize for taking up bandwidth, but if I don't ask I ain't gonna find out. Cheers :) Roy Inman
From: Donald Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: S Helper Service Inc. Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:04:44 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} SHS 2-8-0 Sounds comparison Dear Jack, We get this questions quite frequently. We offered DCC in our switchers since they were offered almost 10 years ago. All engines with sound have been offered for DCC or LocoMatic. DCC has been steadily increasing the portion of our engine market. One surprise with the pre-ordered 2-8-0s is there were as many ordered with DCC as DC no sound (AF comp. and code 110 combined). For code 110 engines, 95% of them ordered with sound, and selected the Tsunami DCC. We have had more customers purchase our Lenz DCC system since listening to the Tsunami DCC 2-8-0 than any other project. The sounds and motor control in the Tsunami was a huge advancement for Soundtraxx. Another improvement is that these are bi-mode, they will operate on straight DC. This is a huge advantage over the previous DCC sound decoders from Soundtraxx. As far as sound go, the DCC system allows for many more possibilities than LocoMatic. The Tsunami has 8 whistle choices embedded in the board, random sounds like fireman shoveling coal, water stops, oil can and ratchet wrench, are activated each time the engine stops. Automatic signals where the whistle blows the appropriate number of times each time the engine starts (direction dependent) and stops. The nice thing about DCC "CVs" is that they can be turned off or on, and for sound, volume can be increased of decreased. We selected LocoMatic sound when we offered our first road engine, the F3. It was the only system available that operated on both AC and DC. It is a far simpler and less costly system than DCC. Some of the diesel sounds were not available on our F unit with DCC sound decoders. For most of our customers, we feel that DCC is a bit more complicated than they would want to spend the time learning. As far as sound differences, this is a very personal decision. We have posted the DCC Tsunami sounds on our website. I am sorry we do not have the 2-8-0 LocoMatic sounds posted. But, the best thing about all of our engines are plug and play. Another sound or motor control system easily can be installed into any of our engines. So no matter what choice you make today, it can be upgraded in the future. Best regards, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jnr59%40aol.com> wrote: > Andy/Group, > Just wondered how the DCC Tsunami sound compares to the standard SHS > Locomatic sound especially the whistle and steam/chugging sounds? > Anyone on this list > have both and have compared/contrasted? > Would it be possible to keep the Locomatic control and install just the > Tsunami sound...........pardon the electronic ignorance here folks. > > Jack Riely > > > . > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
