Newer dcs units

I just got a Dreyfus w/ PS3 and it sounds great!

I also got a used Texas made a while back that I will swap out the speaker on. It sounds a little thin. I did that before on another and the sounds improved.

 Many of their diesels got upgraded speakers after a certain year. You can see a better surround if you look.

 Some engines sound sets aren't the same volume. I hated the original PS2 ES44's sounds and really the horn. When they released it with the 2 meg PS2 board, the new soundset was greatly improved. I also noticed the new G scale engines were louder too then.

 I wonder if you are so impressed by the Lionel's steamer's bass response? That is better. I would have to turn it down as it gets a little annoying. I like even tones thru the registers. That was how I made my living mixing sound. Their diesels don't sound as good to me as the MTH's. So I wonder if they're fixing that?

 Try and search for a post from willygee about broad casting the sound to your sterio. I hope that could be in the future releases.

I don't see any issues with the 3V boards and audio volume.  There are some volume issues with certain PS/3 models.

I suspect that specific model to model sound variations may have more to do with the speaker and the speaker installation than the boards.

John, the 3V had no issues.  I miss them.

Marty, the thing that bothers me about the PS/3 boards is there's very little that can be repaired at the component level.  For the most part, when the board croaks, it's time to toss it and buy a new one.  That's a bit distressing.

I agree with you Marty and John I purchase the new 2-8-8-8-0 triplex PS 3 and the volume is no where near the volume of my old ps2 3 volt boards, wish they were still using them , would it do any good to try different sound files?

Alan

I'm not going to try anything for now since it's under warranty!

just curious on both of your thoughts

The large majority of my engines are PS3, all are diesels. I have had varied results with PS3 sound. I have a RK Scale SD45 that is one of the best sounding engines I have. I also have some older ones that don't sound quite as good. I have always wondered if it was the sound files that still needed upgrading for the PS3 sound system? I have not looked at that many of the speakers to compare those differences, but I would think that could have a big impact as others have stated above, maybe more so than the sound file upgrades?

I don't have any of the 9volt engines to compare with, and only one PS2-3 volt engine. The PS2 engine was my first engine and my second was the same engine in PS3. I remember at the time I got the PS3 engine that I thought the PS2 engine sounded better. They were both RK Imperial SD70ACEs (UP and BNSF) from the starter sets of about 3-4 years ago. The PS2 set was 30-4214-1 (UP) and the PS3 set was 30-4220-1 (BNSF). Maybe I am getting used to the PS3's, but since that original comparison, I have thought the PS3 sounds have steadily improved.