SRman

Yeah! Shame, Hawker Siddeley Brush, shame!!! ? ?

OK, so to start off, here, at long last, is the vid of my Hornby class 73 with Howes' beta version of the diesel sounds. Bryan of Howes has not yet released this for general consumption as he wants feedback before finalising it. I have put two versions here one of 5.8MB and one of 18.5MB - both are the same movie just that one is higher quality but may tax some people's download bandwidth. Other modifications include fitting a bass-reflex speaker and reversing one of the driving axles so that the unobstructed electrical pickups are on three wheels on each side while there is now only one traction tyre per side, as opposed to having two on one side and none on the other as it comes from Hornby's factory. Video was courtesy of Neil S Wood and his skills, camera and tripod - thanks again, Neil. (thumbs up smiley goes here when available) All editing and effects were done by me using Pinnacle Studio 12. The smaller one: The larger one:

Ah well, looks like I have to start all over. I have deliberately left the topic title open for anyone to post their sound videos here. It may get a little long-winded but it seems to me that rather than having everyone posting the videos in their own separate threads it would be a sort of repository where anyone looking to buy the Howes / SWD / Olivias / etc. or Bachmann / Hornby factory-fitted sound decoders can look and listen to help make up their minds before parting with their hard-earned dollar-pounds. (Of course, there may also be US and European sounds here as well but I am not qualified or experienced enough to comment on those myself.