Reply to "Upgrading equipment? Why not speakers too! [Apr 2017]"

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J Daddy posted:
Question - only because I have a few lying around. What would the reading be if you swapped in the Lionel "Fatboy" speakers?
I did upgrade my EM-1 to Fatboy speakers and noticed a huge audible difference.

Great question...

I'm also wondering how this stacks up to current Legacy RailSounds and speakers. I do want to test that, and will probably open up a Legacy shark to test that... Preliminary testing, based on Marker's (Howard) using the same spectrum analyzer and posted YouTube videos, mine and others, still shows that this setup can get down lower than modern Legacy units. But, this isn't apples-to-apples, and I agree that the Fat-Boy speakers are great!

Marker says "I listened to a bunch of O gauge sound equipped locos on YouTube. None of them, including new Legacy engines, go as low as yours. You really have something!"

I also want to try testing this when I convert my new ten-wheeler over to Kadees.

Thanks!

- Mario

8/10/169:05 AM

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