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I own a first and second run of the GEVOs. I honestly think its a decoder/sound file difference as well. The 2 or 3 that I've installed V5 decoders and ESU speakers in the tank sound a lot better and not as much "static" I would say, though the start up sounds aren't the same.Also, the third run will come equipped with V5 decoders, so hopefully even with the speaker that it comes with, I would think they would sound better than the first two runs as well.
Thanks, so between the first and second run, did you hear a noticeable difference in the sound quality? Or are they just the same? The video from MBK of the second run (navajo mines) sounds much better than the one I have (first run), which gets drowned out by the wheel noise of the train it pulls.
I think some of that might be from say the recording device and/or the editing software. I've noticed in some videos of other modelers that it sounds a lot better in video than it does in person and then there are times its quite opposite.I honestly do not hear any difference between first and second runs. They sound exactly the same to me, all the way to Run 8. I went downstairs and took video of a loco from both runs, and then one I installed my own V5 in. It really is night and day difference. I'm not sure if you own any of the current runs of the Dash 9s, but the sound quality is so much better when comparing them.If I can get the videos off my phone, I'll upload them to youtube later tonight and hopefully you can hear (or not hear) the differences between 1/2 and a V5 which run 3 will have equipped.Chris
Did/do these come with Loksound decoders? I'm a HUGE Loksound fan and have several of their sound decoders, but I've listened to their GEVO sound files via sample on their website and I know at of least one where the prime mover sounds absolutely terrible. Not sure why that is as most, if not all their other sound files sound great to me. Maybe the prototype sounds terrible (I'm not sure I've ever heard one up close)?
Thank you very much ! Yes, I own a dash 9 from the second run and the prime mover sound is much better than the first run GEVO. The horn in the dash 9 is a total let down though.
Forgive the rather crudeness of simple editing/splicing the 3 together, but didnt want to dr it much.UP 2578 is a first runGECX 2015 is a second runGECX 2024 is a V5 I installed myself with a ESU 50321 speaker/enclosure />Yes, every ScaleTrains product offered with sound has been a variant of LokSound. The first and second runs of the Tier 4s used LokSound Select Micro's, not V4s.