06-01-2012, 09:42 PM
Scale: HO and N...HO is cheaper in the long run because so much has been built over the years that's reliable and reasonably accurate. The N scale was free for the taking, so I took 
Layout: I have both roundy round and point to point...each has its pluses and minuses.
DC or DCC: DC as DCC kept beckoning me to more and more cash outlays; sound, systems, controls...oy! DC was again the best bet as I can pick up some serious old school power transistor throttles that do the job just fine. Today's models are beautifully done, but there is a nagging sterility to them that keeps me running my old school Mantuas and Rivarossis...models that I have converted to DCC but prefer to run on filtered DC. Sound really annoys me...I'm a polite bystander but, until they find a good mini subwoofer, it will always have a tinny sound that grates me like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Layout: I have both roundy round and point to point...each has its pluses and minuses.
DC or DCC: DC as DCC kept beckoning me to more and more cash outlays; sound, systems, controls...oy! DC was again the best bet as I can pick up some serious old school power transistor throttles that do the job just fine. Today's models are beautifully done, but there is a nagging sterility to them that keeps me running my old school Mantuas and Rivarossis...models that I have converted to DCC but prefer to run on filtered DC. Sound really annoys me...I'm a polite bystander but, until they find a good mini subwoofer, it will always have a tinny sound that grates me like fingernails on a chalkboard.
...prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits...
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