DaveAus Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Looking through Hornby's DCC sound options only one (in a small list) is tagged as 'new' Wondering why Hornby has deserted us sound fans - would love to see a class 20 or 25 with DCC sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecamden Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I think Hornby realise that custom sounds by so many good suppliers Olivia's, Howes etc have the resources to give people exactly what they want. I'd only purchase DCC ready now and fit my own sound decoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 So no problem with room to fit a sound decoder and speaker? Or are you fitting to DCC ready locos designed for sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecamden Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 There is almost always somewhere to place the sound decoder and speaker in most of the new DCC ready loco's. Well that's my experience so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I had thought of starting my own thread on this subject. I only run sound locos nowadays and am also very disappointed at the total lack of new class sound loco offerings from Hornby and the other side in their latest catalogues. It is, of course, possible to get specialist firms to put sound into non-sound locos, but this generally costs more. Quite a few of their sounds are generic as well, i.e. composed and not from the real thing. I have had a few converted in this way and they are generally pretty good. These people also offer a reblow of sound chips if you're not happy with the existing proprietary one, for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAus Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Raised the issue via Twitter and it has been "noted" by Hornby, responded by saying " I'd of preferred a promise of action rather than being 'noted'" See what reply I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 The problem with DCC sound is the cost of the deocders. It's still very much a high end niche market as decoders are at silly prices still. If someone were to break into the market with a £25 sound decoder with decent capabilities then they would clean up and it would open the marketplace up to the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I suspect it's the fact DCC sound is a high end market that is holding Hornby back in these difficult times guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAus Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 The son of Triangman said: I suspect it's the fact DCC sound is a high end market that is holding Hornby back in these difficult times guys. I tend to agree but then the competition has just added another six models at least to an already larger line up ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I think the clue is in the word competition really, the opposition/competition want number one slot, so making a bigger DCC sound range is one way of capturing the high end market. I suspect one of the problems Hornby has most likely is that the main range has got too big, in order tomake more high end locos they would need to cull the main range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.