Amp for quiet sounds

Have you tried lowering the train brake slider to increase the labor of the chuff?

Yes, I can do that and / or increase the intensity when in the speed menu and it does get louder. I was looking to make a more permanent change.

Try turning up the background sounds.  Using the CAB2, hit AUX1 and then VOL-UP a few times.  There are two volume settings, one for background sounds and one for on-demand sounds.

I'm waiting for one of our manufacturers to add a blue tooth broadcast to their engine sounds. A nice set of cheap computer speakers or a full blown sound system with a big sub woofer hooked to a receiver under the front of the layout would add a new dimension to our trains.  I have a Kato Sound Blox (sp.) that I use with my N scale and it makes the whole experience of running trains so much richer.                   Bigger Speakers = Bigger Sound. What say ye Lionel and MTH? 

Conductor Earl posted:

I'm waiting for one of our manufacturers to add a blue tooth broadcast to their engine sounds...

While you wait, on a rainy afternoon, try hooking up a wireless FM adapter back in the early days of MP3 players to listen over your car's FM radio.  These adapters are just a couple bucks.  See this thread.

There's only so much sound pressure level that you can get from a 2" speaker.  OTOH broadcasting to a home theater amplifier or Bluetooth speaker produces room shaking sound that's hard to describe in words!

Stan, it sounds like he just has to adjust the background sound volume in this case.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Stan, it sounds like he just has to adjust the background sound volume in this case.

That is my issue exactly. I can't get the background sounds to turn up any louder. I tried volume up (key pad 1) and AUX+1. The other sounds are normal volume, however the background sounds act as if they are turned down a notch or two. I have also reset the engine to try and correct this as well.

 Just to make sure. To raise the background sounds. You must push Aux1 each time before vol-up.

I.e.Aux1 vol -up, Aux1 vol-up, Aux1 vol-up......

Otherwise it reverts back to the overall volume control.

Thatks for that suggestion. I have tried that.

It could just be the soundset Lionel chose for this locomotive.

Some legacy models have "less aggressive" chuffs than others and the chuffs can be harder to hear at speed over track and/or rolling stock noise.

My heavy Mike comes to mind.

Good luck in your pursuit of a solution. I'm interested to see what works.