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Soundtraxx DCC Sound Decoder TSU-GN1000 (Early Diesel)
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Sun May 22, 2011
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$79.46
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9.5
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Description:
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Tsunami TSU-GN1000 Digital Sound Decoder Plug and Play Digital Sound Decoder for Athearn Genesis HO Diesels. These Digital Sound Decoders are designed to replace the light board that comes in recent production Athearn Genesis HO Diesel engines. Since Tsunami comes with 16 airhorns appropriate to the prototype, no special software or programmer is necessary to achieve the absolute best sound available! Now Tsunami's sound features are matched only by its superior motor control and brilliant lighting effects, making it unsurpassed in its technological capabilities. A 16-bit Digital Signal Processor provides the necessary horsepower Tsunami needs to support more functions, sound effects and advanced motor control than ever before! Big Sound Features Tsunami Diesel decoders can produce over 14 sound effects, including engine startup and shutdown, engine prime mover through all eight notches, bell, airhorn, air compressor, dynamic brakes, radiator fans, brake squeal and more.
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Tsunami Diesel Decoder |
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C & SF, my obsession
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Posts: 421
Registered: October 2006
Location: Colorado
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Joe Daddy
C & SF, my obsession
Registered: October 2006
Location: Colorado
Posts: 421
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Review Date: Sat May 21, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $78.95
| Rating: 9
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Pro - plug and play, SLOW Speed operation, velvet smooth operations, superb, ultra realistic sound.
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Cost
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I purchased 4 of these decoders and the sticker shock was pretty terrible, even though I got them for about 15% off list.
The purpose of the purchase was to see if what they would do to my very disappointing Athearn Genesis F7's.
I can only tell you that I am so pleased I did the conversion. Each one took me about 45 minutes and the results were beyond my wildest imagination.
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Joe Daddy
My model railroad blog and home of a few of the many lessons learned as a Newbie.
http://wwwjoe-daddy.blogspot.com
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diburning
AlcoHaulic
Registered: September 2008
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 3631
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Review Date: Sun May 22, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $79.96
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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The sound quality and the quality of the recordings
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intolerant of shorts and erratic packets sent out by the DCC system
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This decoder is great, and is worth every penny. They recorded the sounds from the prime mover, and recording the transition/ramping up sound when the engine is throttled up and recorded the sounds at every notch rather than pitch bending and speeding up the recording that other manufacturers may do.
They aren't very tolerant of intermittent shorts or the erratic packets that the club's Digitrax Super Chief system puts out in the event of a short, but they work fine otherwise.
This one is designed to be used with Athearn's bulbs, or other 1.5V bulbs, but there is a pad on the decoder for full track voltage if you want to use LEDs. They don't really cover this in the instructions.
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Eric from Boston, MA. Modeling Norfolk Southern and Pan Am Railways.
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