Your Fav Horn

Train horn
48%
19
electric resonating
10%
4
motor driven
15%
6
fog horn
8%
3
trucker
No votes
0
buzzer... eh?
5%
2
Diaphone
15%
6
Whistle
No votes
0
 
Total votes: 40
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Trey
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Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:40 pm

Yeah, those Cunningham whistles just really beat any other diaphragm horn to me. I still like the Diaphone recording in New Hyde Park LINY, with the STH10 in the background. This one almost sounds like a diaphragm horn.
http://longislandfirealarm.com/NHP-Box2-2-1.wma
Or the Diaphone sounds on the Nassau county page on LIFA. Very spooky. 8)
http://longislandfirealarm.com/nassau.htm

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Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:25 pm

That horn in the New Hyde Park clip is actually a Diaphone, albiet a really smooth sounding Diaphone. It is quite impressive of a sound though, I will give it that. I am not sure why this Diaphone sounds so good or has this particurlar sound.

Dave Fritz

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Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:34 pm

Its been brought up that its possibly that the FD has set it to such a low air pressure that it gives it a low-smoother tone than most other Diaphones. I believe it was brought up on The Gamewell Diaphone Site

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Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:00 am

my favorite locomotive horn has to be the Airchime K5LA.

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Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:34 am

Fire32NJetta wrote:You dont have the option for dual Grover Stuttertone emergency horns. Honestly i love the sound of a pair of them blasting their way down the streets with the Q siren wailing.
8) right on!

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Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:35 am

douro20 wrote:my favorite locomotive horn has to be the Airchime K5LA.
Is that the horn found commonly on AmTrack?
If so, great horn, even better with all bells forward.

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:46 am

Fog horn, I'd tell you why, but you might think I'm crazy for telling you. They use it alot in cartoons the B O sound.
Wow, that was loud.

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:07 am

hey man, its what we all grew up on hearing. lol
Bringing the joy of siren collecting to the chicago area and more!

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Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:41 am

[quote="The Big Labowski"]the nathan M's are a much better sounding series to me. although i would like to get a triple horn setup, like the Grover 1275, a lot of replications by other companies have made horns exactly like them.[/quote]

:shock: :arrow: :arrow: you cab check out http://www.jaeeagle.com
they have a good design
good luck

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Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:01 am

Yep, the K5LA is an Amtrak horn. (A means Amtrack)

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