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Good evening Group.

Has anyone had experience using these speakers in an "O scale" steam locomotive boiler?  Is it good sound quality?  I'm using a Loksound 5L decoder with a separate speaker in the tender (Visaton FRS 5). I realize these speakers were designed for HO scale.

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I’m lost!  I don’t know which speakers you’re asking about. Was there an attachment I missed?

In my opinion you can’t get better sound in a locomotive than with the Tang Band miniature speakers available here:


They have their own baffles so can be used anywhere. The smallest one will easily fit into the front of all but the smallest boilers. You can cut off the the mounting tabs on either end making them about an inch shorter.

Peter

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Peter.  Most of Tang Band mini round speakers don't have a baffle/enclosure. In the case of boiler and tender installs, in O scale, can you assume the boiler and tender body act as the baffle/enclosure or does one have to be built?

For the most part, you'll get MUCH better results with a proper speaker baffle.  If you look in most Lionel Legacy tenders, they have a speaker baffle.  I can assure you they wouldn't spend the money if it wasn't doing some good.   Adding a speaker baffle will improve the sound of almost any speaker.

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