are they goood?
They probably sound like B23-7’s through a transistor radio…
Well, I heard the GP9 and that sounded very good. I would assume the b23-7s would be about the same quality.
I suspect the Atlas engines will sound good - they seem to force QSI into providing correct sounds for the engine(note the good Trainmaster sound). I have one of the P2K GP9’s and the sound is OK at best. It sounds like a cross between between a non-turbo 567(GP9) & a turbo 645(SD40-2). It just does not have that ‘567 Chant’ that 1st generation engines are famous for.
Jim Bernier
I’ve heard 'em, and they aren’t that bad. However, just as in any HO loco, you just can’t get the real bass sound, and that throws everything off. It’s not something that can be done differently, it’s a matter of getting a large enough speaker to reproduce the lower sounds.
What ends up happening is that you get a lot of the high frequency sound like turbo whine and machinery sound, but you miss the “lug-lug-lug” the B23-7’s always made at idle (for example).
The only possible problem I know about is that the Atlas B23-7 sound loco has the electric air compressor, and the only B23-7’s I’ve heard use the old mechanical air compressor. The electric compressor makes a “whooop” sound as it starts up, while the mechanical one just suddenly thumps into use.
Paul A. Cutler III
Weather Or No Go New Haven
prolly like a HO B23-7???