Rolling Thunder Receiver Only - Broadway

Rolling Thunder^TMReceiver ONLY:
If you prefer to use your own RCA equipped subwoofer, you may choose topurchase this receiver to play the full frequency sounds from yourParagon3 equipped locomotives.

We are still amazed by the realistic sounds our models can produce. Yetwhen we hear a real locomotive, we notice the deep rumbling sounds thateven our advanced model locomotives simply could not reproduce, untilnow.

The ALL-NEW Paragon3 with Rolling Thunder^TM sound and control system forHO scale has all the features of its predecessor Paragon2, but nowincludes more, higher fidelity sounds than ever before, plus theability to reproduce low frequency sounds that give your railroad thefeel and depth of sound of a real locomotive!

How does it work? The speakers in most HO scale locomotives willonly reproduce sounds above approximately 600 hertz. The human ear candetect sounds between 20 to 20,000 hertz, and we can feel sounds ateven lower frequencies. Many of the sounds real trains make are in thelower frequencies that models cannot reproduce. This is due to the tinyspeakers which cannot move enough air. To overcome this shortcoming,Paragon3 incorporates a cutting edge radio transmitter system we call RollingThunder^TMthat sends the low frequency sounds to a specially designed receiverand subwoofer under your layout. Since low frequency sounds have alonger wavelength, it is difficult for the human ear to detect thedirection of the source. The result is that while the locomotive movesaround the layout, you can hear the high frequency sounds coming fromthe locomotive, and the low frequency sounds from the subwoofer-- allperfectly synchronized to the motion of the locomotive and the puffingof the smoke, and your ears will perceive the full array of sound ascoming from the model!

On a large layout, where a locomotive can be veryfar from the subwoofer, the Rolling Thunder^TMsystemdetects the distance and fades out the subwoofer until the locomotivegets close again, or, if another locomotive is in range, it willconnect automatically to the subwoofer and begin playing its sounds atlevels appropriate to its distance to the subwoofer.

The system consists of the Paragon3 sound system inthe locomotive, with its integral Rolling Thunder^TM transmitter, a RollingThunder^TM receiver box under the layout,and a powered subwoofer.

* - For use only withParagon3 equipped locomotives

** - Paragon3 locomotiveswill operate with normal sounds even without the Rolling Thunder^TMsubwoofer/receiver kit. However, sound frequency response will belimited to those made from the onboard speakers.