Bill,
I thought about buying from the States. With present exchange rate and cost of getting the gear here I use a factor of 1.5 x USD to find AUD. If the decoders are US$130 then by my rough calc they are AUD195. When I take into account that the guy in DCC Sound has done the work of customizing the 48 sound it becomes more attractive to buy from him.
Have a look at the DCC Sound web site diesel installations http://www.dccsound.com/diesel-installations then go right down the bottom. You will find photos of both TrainO and PL 48s with the hood off. Quite different it appears.
Anyhow I ordered two of his gold plated decoders so I will let you know how the installation goes.
You might be able to use the TSU 1000 since I am just a dummy, but if you can squeeze those in I will give two quid to the hospital. 
BTW I have TSU 1000s in most of my fleet so nothing against them.
Best regards,
John
PS. Dunno what's wrong with the photo. If you want to see it try here https://www.flickr.com/photos/129427993@N02/sets
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Edited 12 Jan 2015 09:29, 7 years ago, edited by John_Bushell
Bill,
I thought about buying from the States. With present exchange rate and cost of getting the gear here I use a factor of 1.5 x USD to find AUD. If the decoders are US$130 then by my rough calc they are AUD195. When I take into account that the guy in DCC Sound has done the work of customizing the 48 sound it becomes more attractive to buy from him.
Have a look at the DCC Sound web site diesel installations http://www.dccsound.com/diesel-installations then go right down the bottom. You will find photos of both TrainO and PL 48s with the hood off. Quite different it appears.
Anyhow I ordered two of his gold plated decoders so I will let you know how the installation goes.
You might be able to use the TSU 1000 since I am just a dummy, but if you can squeeze those in I will give two quid to the hospital. BTW I have TSU 1000s in most of my fleet so nothing against them.
Best regards,
John