mlarmour

That's great news Bif, thanks for confirming that!

Good point Nick! According to the function list for the 70 on DC-Kits it doesn't seem to be listed on there.  Perhaps the drivelock updates haven't yet made it up to the 70s yet

Legomanbiffo is good with all the modern features. Here’s mine with an EM1 speaker. I didn’t record all the functions though

 

https://youtu.be/rXeznVuuq4w

 

Richard

Thanks.  Any idea if the Legobiffoman 70 has drivelock like the 66 and Janus?

Hello,

Finally...the Bachmann Colas 70805 has landed and I'm looking for sound options for it.  Generally I've tried searching this thread and YouTube for videos but couldn't find many recent examples beyond Legobiffoman and Howes.  Does anyone have any recommendations or video demos they can share?

More specifically, some of the things I'm looking for in my situation are:

1. LokSound v4 or Zimo MX644D decoder preferred. 
2. Some form of speedlock function (or similar to notch up/down at constant slow speed)
3. Good quality, rich sounds when idling (random air release possible?)
4. If possible, editing of sound project to customise some of the sounds (e.g. air release) 

Volume probably won't be a factor, the loco is on a small depot layout, so the loco is going to spend a lot of time idling or at slow speed, particularly on engineers trains.  Therefore the quality of the idling sounds is very important.  In particular I've noticed the class 70 will sometimes have a regular air release when idling.  Sounds like there's some loose panels with a "tssss…..tsssTCHAH!" every now and then.  I'd be open to trying to customise some of the sounds using a relevant programmer, but not sure which sound producers would supply the sound project file.

With the recent release of the loco and next generation of sound decoders, I was hoping to find lots of recent video examples demonstration some different sound options.  Hopefully you guys can help me out.

Thanks,

Matt

Many thanks both for the replies.

Living next to a Freightliner depot and branchline, even with the high pitched "ying-yinging" there's an underlying "thud-thud" when idling so ultimately I'll probably end up experimenting with a quality high speaker such as the iPhone, and something deeper.  Perhaps one iPhone speaker and a Zimo LS40X20X09-1W maybe?  I'm keen to try out some of the double dumbos as well.  For my tiny layout volume isn't too much of a worry.

I look forward to future comparison videos and may end up posting some of my own in future.

Many thanks,

Matt

Another one of my sound fitted locos, I've recently changed the speaker in this one to a double iPhone speaker. It uses the ESU sound file which I was messing about with when I got a Lokprogrammer but I'll be putting it back to Legomanbiffo soon because it's more drivable with his sound file on there.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEK5kE4yIpE

 

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Richard

Richard,

Great to see and hear 66522 with the double iPhone speakers.  Can you be a bit more precise about which speakers exactly are installed?  Are they iPhone6 main speakers?  And would your double iPhone speaker setup work directly with Loksound v4 or Zimo MX644D decoders without needing any additional components?

Many thanks,

Matthew

Hi Dave,

First post here.  Thanks for the testing and video.  Very interesting!

I'm pretty new to DCC Sound and looking for the right speaker for a small home layout and the iPhone6 speaker seems very clear in your video.  I'm interested in getting one for myself and see how it sounds at home, but I don't want to cook it or the decoder.  Do you have any more details about the test setup you were using, in particular the decoder and if the speakers were connected "direct" without any series or parallel stuff.

Do you have any more details of the iPhone6 speaker used, what kind of iPhone6 speaker it was (serial number?) and the basic ohm / wattage if possible?  I'm likely to use it with a Loksound v4 or Zimo MX644D in a Class 66 and wondering if I need to do anything special like grouping two together, connecting in series/parallel or similar.  Could you recommend somewhere to get that same iPhone6 speaker?  I see Richard Croft is using double iPhone speakers for a Class 66 and wondering if these are similar to any you've tested. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/78924-dcc-sound-videos/?p=3163450

Many thanks for your patience,

Matthew