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Originally posted by picturemaker22 on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 19, 2015

Craig, Like Bill, I had no investment in DCC prior to going with RailPro.  I wanted a system that was easy to install and operate without elaborate programming, test tracks and complicated CV's. I have never been sorry that i went for RailPro, it doe exactly what the manufacturer claims and then some. Consisting locomotives can be done in seconds! I love my RailPro too.

Mel

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Originally posted by kpack05 on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 19, 2015

I agree with Mel and Bill.  If I had to go back and do it all over again I would go Railpro all the way.  I've done DCC and once I moved to Railpro I have never looked back.  The ONLY, and I mean the only, thing that DCC has going for it at all is the advancement in sound.  Loksound is quite impressive.  But control with Railpro is so much better and so much easier.  If you've ever had to spend time messing around with CV's you know what I mean.  You want an exercise in frustration?  Try speed matching two different manufacturer's locomotives with DCC so they work in either direction.  After the first couple hours of trying you will understand why we all like Railpro so much.

Railpro is easy to use, but most of all it is fun.  I enjoy using it, whereas working with DCC felt like a chore.  Working on a 1980's calculator for a throttle was not for me.  Yes you can use a smartphone linked through JRMI, linked through a wireless router, linked to the DCC command station, but that is just a band-aid fix.  That doesn't fix the point that DCC still requires working with CV's and that it is exceptionally user-unfriendly.  Working with Railpro was refreshing and it made sense!  It really doesn't take a lot of effort to figure our how it works.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the Ring Engineering Railpro Review on Youtube.  I made it years ago, so many things are different on Railpro now, but you can see the basics of the system.  Pay attention to the last couple minutes when I consist 6 locomotives from 5 different manufactures.  It took literally seconds to consist them and you can see how well they all run together.

-Kevin

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Originally posted by Shawn Hogan on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 19, 2015

I'm following this thread with great interest because I'm exactly where Craig is.
My layout will be modeling a branchline where double headed locomotives will not be used. However it will be steam; so what about the sound?
Any of you reading this thread have Rail Pro steam? Does the user friendliness outweigh any perceived imperfections in sound? I do realize that sound is subject to the hearer.
Shawn Hogan

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Originally posted by William Brillinger on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Aug 19, 2015

Shawn,

While I have not tried any of the steam sounds, at the very least, for me, function outweighs sound for now.

Why? Because sound is merely software and is already improving, whereas the complexity and interface of a typical DCC system isn't changing any time soon.

- Bill

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

Thanks for pointing me to the YouTube videos,obvious from watching those and reading the post here that those who try RailPro are glad they did. I also found the install video very insightful about how easy RailPro is compared to DCC. It cleared up a misconception I had that the LM-2S came with a speaker. In the video you mention you'd already replaced the speaker, could you have used the factory installed speaker?

Has anyone found one type or brand of speaker that works better with RailPro than others?

By the way to Shawn if you search YouTube for RailPro videos there's one out there that is of a steam locomotive with sound using RailPro.

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