When I was a kid, I didn't know all about the big, bad world and all of its problems. I only knew that the sun was shining in my world, it was a beautiful day, and the only responsibility I had was to play.
Sometimes with me, it's sort of like that with this decoder business. I still remember the first DCC/sound locomotive I bought, a Soundtraxx sound on board Bachmann 2-8-0 way back in 2007. Plus one of the first run decapods with the same decoder. I bought an EZ because I was intimidated by DCC and was told that the EZ command was the easiest way to get started it, for $75 or so with the time. I didn't know how to change any CVs and was happy just running the engines back-and-forth on a simple run around track deal I had on a 1x8 board, blowing the whistle and ringing the bell. It took me over a year to get the confidence to become involved with a more advanced system. But I have to say, I probably had more fun than today with those two engines just the way they came from the factory.
Sometimes with me, it's sort of like that with this decoder business. I still remember the first DCC/sound locomotive I bought, a Soundtraxx sound on board Bachmann 2-8-0 way back in 2007. Plus one of the first run decapods with the same decoder. I bought an EZ because I was intimidated by DCC and was told that the EZ command was the easiest way to get started it, for $75 or so with the time. I didn't know how to change any CVs and was happy just running the engines back-and-forth on a simple run around track deal I had on a 1x8 board, blowing the whistle and ringing the bell. It took me over a year to get the confidence to become involved with a more advanced system. But I have to say, I probably had more fun than today with those two engines just the way they came from the factory.