Howdy! Nicely done as usual. You re-wired the speakers in parallel instead of series... is that the preferred choice between the two? I just picked up a used Athearn Genesis SD60E with the Tsunami 2 decoder factory installed. Is the Loksound 5 that much better of a decoder? I'm pretty much sticking with Loksound on any upgrades of older engines, and they come factory installed on my new ScaleTrains. Was just curious your thoughts as I could do the same thing you did in this vid with that SD60E and use the Tsunami on the upgrade of an older engine. Thanks for sharing 🤠
I always seem to have better results wiring ESU decoders in parallel. The ESU decoder is more customizable than other decoders. If you have a programmer.
I would absolutely upgrade that SD60E to Loksound. You will want to sell the factory GN2208 decoder and go with a Nixtrainz Decoder Buddy instead of the Athearn 21 pin board which IMO has fairly dim lights
Love your videos man! I’ve watched almost all your videos to learn myself on DCC installs. Got a small fleet of DC units that need converting. Where do you source the speakers and decoders?
Thanks for sharing Larry! Very fine installation / upgrade!!!
Howdy! Nicely done as usual. You re-wired the speakers in parallel instead of series... is that the preferred choice between the two? I just picked up a used Athearn Genesis SD60E with the Tsunami 2 decoder factory installed. Is the Loksound 5 that much better of a decoder? I'm pretty much sticking with Loksound on any upgrades of older engines, and they come factory installed on my new ScaleTrains. Was just curious your thoughts as I could do the same thing you did in this vid with that SD60E and use the Tsunami on the upgrade of an older engine. Thanks for sharing 🤠
I always seem to have better results wiring ESU decoders in parallel. The ESU decoder is more customizable than other decoders. If you have a programmer.
I would absolutely upgrade that SD60E to Loksound. You will want to sell the factory GN2208 decoder and go with a Nixtrainz Decoder Buddy instead of the Athearn 21 pin board which IMO has fairly dim lights
Love your videos man! I’ve watched almost all your videos to learn myself on DCC installs. Got a small fleet of DC units that need converting. Where do you source the speakers and decoders?
I buy everything from Scale Sound Systems.
Ŵhat version of the Deooder Buddy were you using for this installation? As I am trying to replicate this installation. Thanks.
The V5 version.
Is there any way you can do a sound decoder in a old riverossi 4-8-2 Pacific.
For a Genesis, I'm really shocked they reused the brass bearing Blue Box trucks ! Shame Athearn !
LS5 Direct with keepalive would of eliminated the Decoder Buddy