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Originally posted by chessie8171 on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 20, 2015

Disreguard the question on which speakers are bette;r just noticed there is a whole thread on that topic. I'll have to check that out this evening.

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Originally posted by kpack05 on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 20, 2015

Yes you could use factory installed speakers, but if it has speakers installed then it also has DCC sound.  Get DCC-ready or DC to save money.  In the install video the locomotive did not come with a speaker.  I was saying that I had installed my own speaker prior to making the video.

Any speaker that is 4-16 ohms will work fine with Railpro.  Speaker brand isn't necessarily the deciding factor of whether or not it produces good sound.  Appropriate baffles and enclosures are what make all the difference.

-Kevin

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Originally posted by kpack05 on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 20, 2015

Shawn - I don't have any steam locomotives but I have tested all the steam sounds.  There are a couple videos of Railpro steam floating around on Youtube, but they are of the old steam sounds and are not well synchronized with the wheels.  There are some new steam files that are much better and include quite a few automatic/random sounds.  Lots of new bells and steam whistles as well.  They are much better than they used to be.

I don't have much experience with products like TCS WowSound, so I really can't give you a comparison.  The sound may be better, it may not be. 

Like Bill said, sound is software and easily upgraded.  Hardware is not.  Railpro's hardware and control capabilities are what set it apart.  The sound may not be yet where DCC is at, but that is quickly changing.  With time and help from the community Railpro's sound will eventually be on par with or surpass any DCC offering.

-Kevin

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Originally posted by Shawn Hogan on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 20, 2015

Thanks to Craig for letting me "hi-jack" this query a bit!
Kevin, watched your intro video on YouTube over lunch break- very well done! And best of all shows what can be accomplished with Rail Pro. I'm content to let the software for handling sound come up to speed. I think the Rail Pro community will be a big part of making that happen both by request and by(hopefully) making some quality recordings that Ring Engineering can format to use in their hardware.
I was amazed by how well the "blue box" Athearn behaved alone and mu'd!!
Shawn

Prostreetamx:
I've been buying a lot of new engines lately and normally go for the DCC ready wherever possible. I usually end up deleting the factory board anyway since I like LED lights that I can control seperatly. Even a DCC ready engine does not always support this option. My MTH ES44ac's were DCC ready and I left the factory board even though the ditch lights seem to be connected together. I adde the speakers in the locations provided and have no issues with these. My Kato have the factory board removed since they did not support ditch light control at all. My Fox Valley SD40 had a euro 21 pin so out came the entire factory DCC ready board. It's tough to make some of these decisions in advance without seeing the inside before you buy but in many cases you only have 2 choices. DCC already installed with speakers or either DC or DCC ready. Most manufactures do not offer either/or DC or DCC ready, it's one or the other. Bottom line is don't pay extra for a decoder equipped engine just to pull it all out unless you buy used at a discount. I've even removed the boards in my Athearn DCC ready units.

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