victortorgrimson
New Member
Hi,
I'm starting to convert a bunch of my Dad's old DC diesel and steam locomotives that are mostly about 50 years old to DCC. So far I started with converting two, one with no sound and one with sound. The number of options of sound decoders and speakers is a bit overwhelming to parse through. I started with Digitrax decoders because they seemed compact, reasonably priced, and speaker included with sound decoder. I was satisficed with the result, but then I've never heard the others in-person. I have noticed it seems like videos and articles rarely talk about Digitrax sound decoders, and most videos/articles seem to focus more on Tsunami, Wow, LocoSound or others. I'm really not too picky, I'd like to keep the cost reasonable, and I need something that can compactly fit into some of these locomotives that were not DCC ready. I'm just wondering am I missing the boat on options that are way better than Digitrax sound decoders, or does Digitrax sound compare reasonably well to the other options?
Thanks,
Victor
I'm starting to convert a bunch of my Dad's old DC diesel and steam locomotives that are mostly about 50 years old to DCC. So far I started with converting two, one with no sound and one with sound. The number of options of sound decoders and speakers is a bit overwhelming to parse through. I started with Digitrax decoders because they seemed compact, reasonably priced, and speaker included with sound decoder. I was satisficed with the result, but then I've never heard the others in-person. I have noticed it seems like videos and articles rarely talk about Digitrax sound decoders, and most videos/articles seem to focus more on Tsunami, Wow, LocoSound or others. I'm really not too picky, I'd like to keep the cost reasonable, and I need something that can compactly fit into some of these locomotives that were not DCC ready. I'm just wondering am I missing the boat on options that are way better than Digitrax sound decoders, or does Digitrax sound compare reasonably well to the other options?
Thanks,
Victor