am adding the err cruise commanders to a couple of lionel RS-3's but there is very little room for the speakers. I found a nice rectangular speaker from soundtraxx, The 810115 35mm X 20mm that fits perfect in the underframe, it is 8 ohm but it is 1 watt / 2watts peak power. Will this replace the speaker that comes with the err sound card? There is also one from DCC hobby supply AHD Medium Oval Speaker has the same dimensions but it says it is only 1 watt.
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The Fat Boy and baby Fat Boy in Legacy engines are 8Ω 1w & 2w.
1 watt should be fine. The 810112 has a full frequency range. the 810115 clips at 5Khz
How much space do you have to work with? The fuel tank?
My LionChief Plus RS-3 has this speaker ((item 28)in the fuel tank - I don't know if the tank is larger than you have
I believe the ERR Railsounds board is rated for 1 Watt. Another source for small speakers is Railmaster Hobbies. Not as good as the Fatboys but the best I have found so far for their size.
Pete
This 40mm -baby fat boy fits in the fuel tank of a Legacy SD70MAC
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The parts list calls it the underframe but yes it is the fuel tank, the inside area is 1.75" X 1.125" (44mm X 28mm). I believe the body and frame of my RS-3 is a little different than the lionchief, My RS-3 has a rectangular speaker area in the fuel tank. I have a baby fatboy speaker but I just can't get it into the fuel tank area and with an enclosure it won't fit inside the body shell.
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There was a recent thread about Tang Band speakers that are supposed to sound really good. I think it was in the DCC forum. I'll see if I can find a link...I think this is the one: Is This Engine Sound Truly Coming Out of This PRR Trainmaster FM?
If you search for ' Tang Band ' there are a couple more threads showing as well. Of course, they say the DCC decoder sounds are really improving too, so some of the sound quality might be from the decoder?
First thanks for all the info, I checked out the tang band speakers but the smallest they make is still too big for the fuel tank area. I may try one of the railmaster speakers and see what it sounds like, again thanks everyone for the info
I looked at the flat TangBand module, but they are in 4 ohm.
I'll look at some old bookmarks on speakers.
yeah, the fuel tank is larger on my two diesels - one is scale and the RS-3 LionChief is very close to scale.
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Moonman posted:
The resonant frequency (fs) is 480 hz. Thats about the same as the cheapest pancake speakers that most of the train manufacturers used to use 10-15 years ago. The lower the fs the better. Look for something 230 hz or lower.
Pete
Norton posted:Moonman posted:The resonant frequency (fs) is 480 hz. Thats about the same as the cheapest pancake speakers that most of the train manufacturers used to use 10-15 years ago. The lower the fs the better. Look for something 230 hz or lower.
Pete
I see what you mean - that knocks out a lot of them - kind of going by size mostly
Norton posted:I believe the ERR Railsounds board is rated for 1 Watt. Another source for small speakers is Railmaster Hobbies. Not as good as the Fatboys but the best I have found so far for their size.
Pete
I have used the 1.06" round speaker and enclosure as listed on the Railmaster site above in several small steam locomotive tenders. It has a low end of 200 hz and sounds really good. The secret is the enclosure, make sure and use that. It handles 2 watts, so no worries about blowing it out.DHB27-8DHB27-8