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One of 60+ installations ( all brands ). This SDXN136PS sound decoder's excellent in my HO Scale Stewart F3 ABA ( 3 powered ). #9961 CB&Q Speed match'd with it's mates ( 2As ) "B unit" provided ample space for a larger speaker. ( richer sounds) "Blasting or Scale" volumes are extraordinary ! A units w / lights also have "N" Digitrax decoders ( PC ready ). My future's thrill packed with proto-typical fun !
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It's small and great for N scale or small HO loco's. My only issue is a very annoying humming/buzzing coming from the speaker when set up on Sound profile #7 which is one of the 2 provided sound profiles for steam loco's and of course is the one I need. At times louder than the primary mover/chuffing sound. I tried resetting the the decoder, lowering the volume of about everything, etc... It seems to be fine on the other sound profiles, though I did not try any of them for very long. So it may be great for diesel applications. The humming/buzzing is intermittent and is triggered by turning most of the other functions on and off. I have 2 of these decoders and tried them both with the exact same results. The sound output is also very, very low. I won't be using these again as there are better options on the market at the same price point.Read full review
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The SDN136PS sound decoder lends itself to installations in locomotives (such as the RS-1) where there is very little room. Only reservation is that the speaker, being very tiny, requires some sort of baffle to be heard at all - although a clever mounting can use the loco shell as a baffle. The important thing is to enclose one side of the speaker with some sort of small spaced object. Another option might be to mount the speaker in a dedicated trailing car (boxcar or baggage car, for example) with a miniature plug and socket for a disconnect.
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Nice very small decoder, but included speaker needs a enclosure or it will sound bad. Or you use a 8 ohm 8x10 mm sugar cube speaker (for N-scale) what makes it sound even better.
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Since I am a novice, I did not understand need for speaker baffle?? Could barely hear it so I cut it off and attached a bigger one I found in my junk drawer. All I got was static. Put the original one back=static.. Ordered a speaker/baffle \] static. Need better pics and information for novice. Locomotive runs great but not sound, not the end of the world.
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