02-22-2011, 07:49 AM
Good luck with the MRC decoder holding up, too. One thing they are NOT known for is reliability.
I was somewhat disappointed that MRN seemed to have succumbed to the possible pressure of upsetting a full cover advertiser. I'll wait and see what they have to say about the decoder for the Atlas Gensets - in MR they actualyl left the comment int he review that it didn;t sound right - not exactly a tough statement, but more negative than usual. Truth is, the wonderful awesome MRC decoder (just read their product literature ore one of their ads!) for the Genset isn't even remotely close to a Genset sound, it does not emulate the three prime movers starting up and shutting down based on load or anything, and the only thing new or revolutionaary about it (compared to other MRC decoders) is that all the parts seem to be securely mounted on the circuit board - a couple of their HO sound decoders have had the capacitors just kind of hanging off the board by their leads.
--Randy
I was somewhat disappointed that MRN seemed to have succumbed to the possible pressure of upsetting a full cover advertiser. I'll wait and see what they have to say about the decoder for the Atlas Gensets - in MR they actualyl left the comment int he review that it didn;t sound right - not exactly a tough statement, but more negative than usual. Truth is, the wonderful awesome MRC decoder (just read their product literature ore one of their ads!) for the Genset isn't even remotely close to a Genset sound, it does not emulate the three prime movers starting up and shutting down based on load or anything, and the only thing new or revolutionaary about it (compared to other MRC decoders) is that all the parts seem to be securely mounted on the circuit board - a couple of their HO sound decoders have had the capacitors just kind of hanging off the board by their leads.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad of the 1950's in HO
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http://www.readingeastpenn.com