I was looking over Tonys website, and they list some new QSI High Bass speakers, that they claim gives better low range sound. Has anyone tried them? Are they any good?
I put one in my bachmann 2-6-6-2 along with a heavy tsunami. Yes it’s good but I can’t describe the results in technical terms. It’s real hard for me to quantify just how good or even for me to say it’s gooder (aha, better) than a standard 1.1 inch round speaker for example. In listening, I’ve asked myself is it actually better response than the other one and I just can’t say, but I’d lean toward a tad improvement if I really had to say for sure. It sounds pretty darned good. But then when the 2-8-0 rolls by with my installation of a light tsunami and it’s chuffing through its 1.1 inch standard round speaker, it also sounds pretty darned good. I’ve got another one coming on the brown truck for another install if I can fit it. The spkr is almost a half inch deep. The QSI name says a lot for me and that’s why I tried one. Hope this helps.
I dont know. I will take a QSi Decoder that will fit on a engine with a plug. Speakers are a bonus anyway they build em.
YOu are not going to get the earth shaking bass out of a small speaker. For real bass you will need wattage, amps, speakers 5 feet across and some room to “Throw it”
Having said that, Im encouraged by news of anything coming from QSI. I will try anything once. All of my engines currently are factory QSI so I dont worry about converting.
I can’t wait for the day when under benchwork speakers will respond to each decoders feedback and realistically reproduce doppler shifting to those real woofers.
You can still do it.
Stick a woofer next to each other under all the track.
Sensor equiptted to pick up a very short range signal from your engine… blue tooth perhaps?
Combined with track optical sensors they can literally listen and increase/decrease the sounds according to the train’s passing.
Just be sure to keep the power at a low enough levels to keep the flanges on the wheels working.