PeteN92 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Hi people, usually being a steam modeller I have taken the plunge and bought my first diesel loco a bargain Heljan class 35 Hymek. I want to put sound in but it looks like there is a few different sound projects to choose from. Any suggestions and opinions from people who have used different sound projects would be of great help?? Cheers Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapford34102 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Have a couple of Hymeks with Coastal DCC sound chips. Quite happy with them. https://www.coastaldcc.co.uk/products/sounds/diesel?page=2 Just bear in mind sound can be very subjective and things like speaker, it's location, environment, etc can make a difference. Stu 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted September 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) As a man who grew up with Hymeks have been very happy with Howes files. With a well fitted speaker ..... And the Roads and Rails ones certainly deliver.... you will get the gutteral snarl which is so characteristic of a Hymek pulling away under load. SWMBO complains they are too loud hee hee ... volume isn’t everything, quality is also important and there is no distortion… In true Blue Peter style here’s some we did earlier Edited September 9, 2020 by Phil Bullock 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted September 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2020 Another vote for Howes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I have a quite old Howes one on an ESU v3.5. With a decent speaker set up, even that still satisfies me. Newer versions should be even better, with more speaker choices available for LokSound versions 4 and 5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted September 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2020 11 hours ago, lapford34102 said: Have a couple of Hymeks with Coastal DCC sound chips. Quite happy with them. https://www.coastaldcc.co.uk/products/sounds/diesel?page=2 Just bear in mind sound can be very subjective and things like speaker, it's location, environment, etc can make a difference. Stu And listening to sound reproduction on here doesn’t give faithful reproduction ... quality will be influenced by both the recording and playback devices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tarifa Posted September 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2020 I agree with Phil, the Howes Hymek sound is hard to better and it is essential to fit a good speaker, by good I mean properly enclosed and with no interference to the diaphragm. Mike 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Albie the plumber Posted September 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 10, 2020 Legomanbiffo sound with an EM1 and sugar cube . Cant beat it ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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