06-21-2010, 10:49 PM
Andrew,
I have only steam ... seventeen of them ... fourteen are Reading Company prototypes. DCC has blossomed since I last "played" with them. All are currently straight DC. The concept of sound just has an allure that is intoxicating to me. I know that I am staring a major outlay of funds over an indeterminate period of time, and I will therefore be forced to equip them one at a time, over a long period of time.
Since none have decoders, I've been leaning toward the "decoder/sound" packages. I have been to most of the web sites you listed and spent way too much time listening and comparing the sounds offered by the different manufacturers. I like the Soundtrax offerings for steam (sorry diesel guys, I haven't really listened to any of those yet) because they have divided them into "sizes," Light, Medium, Heavy and there are a wide variety of pumps, steam sounds, whistles, bells, and brake sounds. I was intrigued by the Reading five-chime whistle on the Light version, which most of my locos would fall under, as the largest is a Consolidation ... 2 I5c's, 2 I8's and an I-10se, and those steam sounds and whistles which I remember so well from my childhood. For that reason I will most likely be going with the Soundtrax Light Steam with that Reading five-chime whistle for one of my Reading I5c consols (the one that was in the process of being painted when I had to move back in 1990. It's still all apart, in baked red oxide and packed in many little labelled boxes, just waiting to go back together again! When I get it all unpacked, I guess I'll know then whether I like the Soundtrax or not ... but listening on their web site, it sure sounds pretty good!
I have only steam ... seventeen of them ... fourteen are Reading Company prototypes. DCC has blossomed since I last "played" with them. All are currently straight DC. The concept of sound just has an allure that is intoxicating to me. I know that I am staring a major outlay of funds over an indeterminate period of time, and I will therefore be forced to equip them one at a time, over a long period of time.
Since none have decoders, I've been leaning toward the "decoder/sound" packages. I have been to most of the web sites you listed and spent way too much time listening and comparing the sounds offered by the different manufacturers. I like the Soundtrax offerings for steam (sorry diesel guys, I haven't really listened to any of those yet) because they have divided them into "sizes," Light, Medium, Heavy and there are a wide variety of pumps, steam sounds, whistles, bells, and brake sounds. I was intrigued by the Reading five-chime whistle on the Light version, which most of my locos would fall under, as the largest is a Consolidation ... 2 I5c's, 2 I8's and an I-10se, and those steam sounds and whistles which I remember so well from my childhood. For that reason I will most likely be going with the Soundtrax Light Steam with that Reading five-chime whistle for one of my Reading I5c consols (the one that was in the process of being painted when I had to move back in 1990. It's still all apart, in baked red oxide and packed in many little labelled boxes, just waiting to go back together again! When I get it all unpacked, I guess I'll know then whether I like the Soundtrax or not ... but listening on their web site, it sure sounds pretty good!
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln