DCC and navel gazing

[Tim Hale]

Hi,

Twenty-odd years ago, I bought my first DCC set, Lenz Compact, such was its poor performance that I spoke to Herr Lenz (nice guy) at a trade show in Germany and he suggested that a far better start set was the then to be released Roco MultiMaus.

I took his advice, it proved to be glitch-free, easy to use but last week, I sought to upgrade the current MultiMaus for ‘something better’ which had to be another handheld device. Long story short, I couldn’t source a replacement as there is a shortage of DCC sets thanks to a production difficulties* of chipsets. My name and details were noted to be notified when anything suitable came into stock but I was informed that prices are rising well beyond the rate of inflation.

The next step was the big eBay where I found a charity shop selling a new Fleischmann MultiMaus (they are the same as Roco) it came with all the accessories, not really an upgrade but the old Multimaus really needs a back-up.

*The bottom line is simple, I am out of touch with the odd situation of shortages.

Tim

 

[AaronReed]

Hi,

Twenty-odd years ago, I bought my first DCC set, Lenz Compact, such was its poor performance that I spoke to Herr Lenz (nice guy) at a trade show in Germany and he suggested that a far better start set was the then to be released Roco MultiMaus.

I took his advice, it proved to be glitch-free, easy to use but last week, I sought to upgrade the current MultiMaus for ‘something better’ which had to be another handheld device. Long story short, I couldn’t source a replacement as there is a shortage of DCC sets thanks to a production difficulties* of chipsets. My name and details were noted to be notified when anything suitable came into stock but I was informed that prices are rising well beyond the rate of inflation.

The next step was the big eBay, no real choice within the UK but I found a charity shop selling a new Fleischmann MultiMaus (they are the same as Roco) The eventual cost was a tad under double what I expected but it came with all the accessories and the money goes to charity, not really an upgrade but the old Multimaus really needs a back-up.

*The bottom line is simple, I am out of touch but not with technology but with the odd situation of shortages.
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Tim

Thank you for sharing the interesting story about model railway. I also have a Fleischmann MultiMaus