Ouroborus Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 After a long thought, I binned my order for the Hattons LL 66 and went for the Hornby. The money saved bought a tts chip (or three) and I got one of Richard's mega bass speakers too. As supplied, the speaker is an oblong one, a bit like their 67. Fitting a mega bass was mighty easy - tons of space in these basic locos. First of all I had the speaker facing up but found it produced a sound much too deep - the body cavity probably didn't help. Fitting it face down was better, but still a little deep. Cutting a few holes in the chassis and sealing the speaker down with plasticine enhanced the treble massively and gave the model the right 'zing-zing' sound, with not too much bass and none of the hiss. As supplied it is way too loud, but I was absolutely made up with the sound quality. I thought the 08 was good, but given a few tweaks, this is outstanding and it put a real smile on my face. And £25 in the antics sale! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 20 hours ago, Ouroborus said: As supplied it is way too loud, but I was absolutely made up with the sound quality. I thought the 08 was good, but given a few tweaks, this is outstanding and it put a real smile on my face. On Richard's advice I fitted most of my TTS decoders with two 8 ohm speakers which reduces the sound to a more acceptable level for home use. MUST be wired in series though. Delighted with all my TTS diesels. Thanks again Richard. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 19 hours ago, Richard Croft said: I was impressed with the TTS 66 decoder when I tried it, they are starting to get it right with these decoders now, they are getting closer and closer to the market leaders. Richard Agreed. They are getting better and better. IMO class 60 is great, and the 08 sounds fabulous. Roll on the Class 50! (which IMO hasn't been given justice to by any sound provider yet.). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Interesting . I’ve got my TTS 66 up and running but as noted elsewhere it’s way loud even on “ 1”. Not so much when it’s moving , but the idle noise isn’t that realistic and a bit of a wall of white noise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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