The recently released Hornby BR ‘2MT’ 2-6-0 is an attractive locomotive, but challenging for sound installation. MIKE WILD explains how he fitted a powerful speaker into the tender with an ESU chip from Locoman Sounds.
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SMALL LOCOMOTIVES often present a challenge for sound installations, particularly when it comes to fitting in a sizeable and powerful speaker. The new Hornby BR ‘2MT’ 2-6-0 arrived in November 2023, and with its compact tender makes for a challenging installation.
With any sound installation, there are always choices. For example, we could have compromised on speaker design or decoder type to fit the components in the tender, but in this case we were looking for the best sound performance from the locomotive which led to a more complex installation route.
The decoder for the project is an ESU 8-pin LokSound V5 decoder which was supplied by Locoman Sounds with its all-new BR ‘2MT’ 2-6-0 sound profile loaded onto it. The ESU V5 chips all come with a 15mm x 11mm cube speaker and multi-part baffle, which we could have used, but instead we opted for a 25mm x 25mm x 7mm Me…
