70E Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I am looking to purchase and fit an ESU Loksound L sound decoder purely for plug and play rather than re-wiriing (not my skillset) and just wondering if anyone out there has done the same and what type/size speaker would you suggest. Also, although none were preserved what sound file would you recommend Coastal DCC, SWD etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooderz Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Soundfile by myself available via the Chinnor Railway 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold GWR57xx Posted December 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2020 @gooderz Hi Jamie, may I ask what speaker you used in the 61xx please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 On 27/10/2020 at 11:30, 70E said: Also, although none were preserved what sound file would you recommend Coastal DCC, SWD etc? Er, 6106, Didcot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
70E Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Hi Jeff You are correct I was going by what it says on the wheeltappers web site and others similarly seem to use generic sounds as well so assumed they were correct. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggy1 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 GWR 6106 is a static display. Yes one preserved but no sound from it unfortunately, Large Prairie sound used for it instead. Wiggy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scafellpike Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 To my knowledge 6106 is preserved at Didcot it was running until it ran out of ticket and is now cosmetically restored only. The 6100 series of GWR Prairie Tanks was a group developed from the 5100 and 4100 series and had a higher boiler pressure. If you want a recording that would be close if not identical you could use a recording from them as a number have been returned to working order. The boiler pressure should not make much difference to the sound perhaps a larger bark but a 12.5% difference in boiler pressure would be like comparing a 6100 series after a climb with a 4100/5100 series on the flat would anybody know the difference? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooderz Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 06/12/2020 at 16:47, GWR57xx said: @gooderz Hi Jamie, may I ask what speaker you used in the 61xx please? I used one of Richard Croft's round megabass speakers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billybobbooth93 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 27/10/2020 at 20:07, gooderz said: Soundfile by myself available via the Chinnor Railway Can I ask you what decoder and smoke unit you used? I have a Heljan 61xx and want to fit to dcc and put sound and smoke generator into it. As the loksound v4 is not available now wanted to know if the v5 will fit and work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooderz Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Billybobbooth93 said: Can I ask you what decoder and smoke unit you used? I have a Heljan 61xx and want to fit to dcc and put sound and smoke generator into it. As the loksound v4 is not available now wanted to know if the v5 will fit and work Esu v5 L with esu smoke unit. I'm actually trying to sell this 61xx. A fair amount of wiring and surgery wad needed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billybobbooth93 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Shame I should have messaged before I bought mine although be it I got it from a shop shutting down so paid 350 for a new loco. Thanks for info as was really struggling to find dc stuff as most has now gone dcc so was looking at going dcc, only down side is dcc conversion and getting a controller is about another 3-400. Also there dosnt look much space for stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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