U.K. sound decoders

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Hi all,

I’ve been looking into changing scales from On30 to N but like many commentators on this forum have been disappointed by the sound quality in U.S. N scale. As I’m in the U.K., I looked at my home market and found this on You Tube. I think the quality for N is great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=Br5s7PYLdok

I then looked at “OO” (4mm / ft) sound locos and these too seem generally to offer better quality sounds than I’ve experienced from many RTR HO locos, even with Tsunamis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERK1lYvqw94

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  • (a bit lengthy especially the 1 minute start up sequence but overall a great noise).

There seems to be a wide market for decoder “re-blows”, third-party companies taking decoders and putting their own sounds onto the chips. Is this prevalent in the U.S?

Best

Ian

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Hey Ian

Only just found your post.

Give this link a try http://www.dcctrainautomation.co.uk/

There’s also a shop in Sheffield that re-blows chips, i’ll ask around tomorrow web address or tel number. chris