A loaded question, which brand of DCC Decoders do you use and why?

[wjstix]

@Tophias

Al, yup, crewman chatter. I mostly turn that function off. Both Tsunami and ESU offer it, and probably TCS and Digitrax as well. I find it to be kind of a gimmick.

I don’t think TCS and Digitrax have the chatter etc. (I think TCS WowSound decoders have the “ALL ABOARD” call you can use with a function button if you want it.)

The worst I’ve found is the BLI Paragon 4 - you can do a variety of sounds with different function buttons (radio chatter, yard sounds, lumber mill, etc.) BUT as best I can tell, once you hit the function button to turn it on, it never stops! I’d be OK with being able to do the station announcement sound when the trains sitting in the station, but then it continues to play every couple of minutes - hitting that function button again doesn’t turn it off.