Johnfromoz Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hi all, I notice that a few retailers now have the virgin power cars in stock. Does anyone yet have one to comment on the sound quality ( within TTS limits)? Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at C&M Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Your initial problem is what to run the power cars with. The coaches are currently showing as not being available until right at the end of October. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF96 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Should be OK (within TTS limits) given both cars have sound. Probably worth making sure the speakers are well sealed to their enclosures to maximise sound quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishRail60062 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Skip to 12:00 for the HST with TTS sound. It seems to be pretty good in my opinion . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliebanger Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Skip to 12:00 for the HST with TTS sound. It seems to be pretty good in my opinion . Hi Ash, You can alter volume on the SLW Class 24 without using the up/down keys if you don't have access to them. CV266 controls volume, try values from 50 upwards. Kind regards, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishRail60062 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hi Paul, Its not my video buddy. But I will bear that in mind for when I get a few more sound models . I just posted the video as to help out the OP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnfromoz Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hi Paul, Its not my video buddy. But I will bear that in mind for when I get a few more sound models . I just posted the video as to help out the OP. Thanks for your help in posting this. The usual youtube limitations plus the fact it is TTS seem to have combined to make it a pretty characterless sound. But then the MTU engines are bland in comparision with the Old Valentas. Still, for the money its pretty good value. It would be good to know if transferring the TTS to other power cars is as easy as transferring the earlier TTS chips to other diesel locos. Anyone had a look inside yet? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishRail60062 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Thanks for your help in posting this. The usual youtube limitations plus the fact it is TTS seem to have combined to make it a pretty characterless sound. But then the MTU engines are bland in comparision with the Old Valentas. Still, for the money its pretty good value. It would be good to know if transferring the TTS to other power cars is as easy as transferring the earlier TTS chips to other diesel locos. Anyone had a look inside yet? John Hi John, With the later power cars. I think they have changed to a design on the chassis to make adding sound much easier. So I think its a matter of just unbolting the speaker from its fixings, disconnecting the decoder and then transplating the whole lot over to the other chassis. But I would assume that if the same cooling group on a FGW HST bodyshell for example. Perhaps just a swap of the bodyshells would be a better and a easier option? I haven't tried this as of yet as the only experience I have is that the 2008 standard Class 60 and the DCC sound Class 60 models from Hornby used different setups for the lights. But that was 8 years ago, so I would assume that the bodyshells and the light units etc all be commonised now to keep costs down? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnfromoz Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Hi John, With the later power cars. I think they have changed to a design on the chassis to make adding sound much easier. So I think its a matter of just unbolting the speaker from its fixings, disconnecting the decoder and then transplating the whole lot over to the other chassis. But I would assume that if the same cooling group on a FGW HST bodyshell for example. Perhaps just a swap of the bodyshells would be a better and a easier option? I haven't tried this as of yet as the only experience I have is that the 2008 standard Class 60 and the DCC sound Class 60 models from Hornby used different setups for the lights. But that was 8 years ago, so I would assume that the bodyshells and the light units etc all be commonised now to keep costs down? . Hi Ash, thanks for the reply and info. Yes I think transplanting the TTS (possibly with a better speaker) is as easy as the earlier TTS locos. I have several full rakes and am too tight to shell out for another full virgin set when they are released!!!! With regard to your idea of just swapping bodies, not really feasible I'm afraid as two years ago Hornby changed the lights from contact springs to hard wired and mine are all pre that modification. Still, I will happily transfer the TTS sound as it is a cheap option. A good video on youtube has been uploaded by Don Paul. Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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