@Catonsville Central Railway posted:I guess what I can't see is why, when better and more accurate sound files have already been made, more generic files would be chosen and stuck in locomotives. For instance, the 2008 release of the Legacy GS-4 steamer had a whistle clearly recorded from the real 4449 excursion steam locomotive. Yet the 2016 updated version of the locomotive I personally own has a generic SP whistle (a good whistle nonetheless, but not as accurate as the real one). Why would they use a generic one when they already went to the trouble of recording the real one?
On top of more "generic sounds". The new challengers have 4 chuffs instead of 8. The new $1000+ Lionmaster Lionchief bigboy also has incorrect 4 chuffs. Previous LM bigboys had 8.
It will be interesting to see if the new scale bigboys are incorrect as well. The new J3 hudsons got 5 chuffs instead of 4.( how the H**l did that happen?)
The Pennsy 2-10-4's got an incorrect hooter whistle instead of a 3 chime. Lionel insisted it was accurate( because they know better?)
Additionally the H10 audio board is over powered and cuts out.
It has been mentioned in the past that Mike R was a "train guy". I have no clue if any of Lionels current personnel are "train people" or if there just "electronics people" that got a gig making toy trains.
FWIW. Former audio engineer Rudy T. seemed very interactive here on the forum as far as input regarding the accuracy of sounds.
There has to be someone at Lionel who either knows the difference, or at least cares, or they will continue to produce stuff thats "good enough", or "close enough". Then we get things like silver paint instead of graphite, and 2 entirely different shades of red on a PRR steamer.
To those folks that think " mistakes happen" and "its not Lionels fault". I ask, when is the last time you paid over $1000 for anything, and were O.K. with it being incorrect, or defective?
God bless em'. They can be the "beta testers" that I can base my purchase decisions on.
