PCM Y-6 and Link Recordings

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No traction tires.

Ed King
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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: PCM Y-6 and Link Recordings



> Off subject question. Do they pull as good as the BLI 'A'?

> Thanks

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> Jon Kelley

> norfolknwestern1218 at adelphia.net

>

> ---- nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

>> OK, since you asked  :)

>> This reminds me about the argument, er, discussion, with the Mrs. over 

>> the color of our new kitchen countertops. Let's just say we didn't quite 

>> see color the same way...

>>

>> In a previous post, we debated the PCM's sound quality. My main issues 

>> were that the exhaust synch seemed way off above about  20 scale mph, 

>> i.e., it sounded more like a sewing machine than what an articulated 

>> would have sounded like. I know you can't scale down sound into HO-sized 

>> speakers, but to my ears IMHO, the BLI A sounded much better. Admittedly, 

>> digital recordings exist of 1218, so that made the job easier, I guess.

>>

>> I've also questioned their point that engines got softer in exhaust sound 

>> as they reached track speed. I've spent enough time in the cabs of loud 

>> engines (SLSF 1522) and relatively quiet ones (UP's 844 and 611) to 

>> respectfully disagree. Sure, the exhausts tended to blur into a 

>> near-jetlike roar at high speeds, but there was a reason why crews 

>> tended to communicate using either shouts or hand signals in the cab at 

>> speed.

>> Heck, if the 1522 was moving a heavy train at track speed, and if you 

>> were in the front of the crew car, behind the A-tank and tender, you had 

>> to almost shout to the person next to you to hear over the exhaust sound. 

>> The crew in later years wore headsets to communicate better and drown out 

>> some of the racket, as well as save their hearing.

>>

>> That said, I own 2 of the PCM Y6's and am scrounging to buy another, 

>> especially since PCM is apparently selling them online at wholesale cost. 

>> I'll install my own sound later.

>> My $.02

>>

>> Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows

>> Life is short; update your anti-virus software

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>>   From: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org

>>   To: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org

>>   Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:02 AM

>>   Subject: PCM Y-6 and Link Recordings

>>

>>

>>   Also, keep in mind HO models can only fit a maximum sized speaker.  The 

>> problem is not the recording or decoder, but rather the speaker.  I'm 

>> certain that if you could play the HO soundsystem on 4" speakers, you 

>> would receive much better sound fidelity.

>>

>>   Mike Rector

>>

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