Alex,
I think everyone in this forum can agree the Feniex Storm siren "wail" tone is not the best and is used widely by other companies and knockoffs. The success Feniex has had over the past few years in the lighting industry has grown enormous but the sirens have not caught on like should. A nice modern, advanced upgrade would be great for the newer production run of the Feniex Storm siren. Please watch this video and just listen to the huge distinguishing factors between this siren and the current Feniex Storm siren. (
http://youtu.be/ibs3ODxZp7k?t=1m)
This Whelen Dual Tone Siren is a perfect example of a modern upgrade yet fully functional. The difference is truly night and day.
I love Feniex Industries and have my POV outfitted with nothing but Feniex products, except the siren. The only reason I will not buy the Feniex Storm siren is because the wail tone sounds so bad.
I strongly encourage you to put major pressure on the engineering team to completely discard of the horrible wail tone.
Thanks!
The problem I have found is that there are major components/tones from each manufacturer out there that I love, and no way to have them all,or combine them without purchasing the different units. If only the actual tones themselves were not proprietary, and someone could purchase a tone, or have the ability (as others have said) to upload them to a central siren unit, or if they came preloaded and could be chosen/setup via computer (as others have said) I think the possibilities would be endless.
This is no personal knock on Feniex, just a comparison.
With any company that is not one of "the Big 3", they tend to create their own tones that have the same function as any typical siren (Wail, Yelp, Phaser etc......), but they all sound different, and, some of the ones out there are pretty brutally horrific to hear.
Examples/Opinions:
1) I love some of the Unitrol tones, just not all of them.
2) I also enjoy the SS2000 tones (momentary too, on the up-sweep, not just a manual which winds up and down)
3) Dual Tone is winning. Plain and simple.
4) Mechanical tones are just trying to replicate a different sound. Never impressed by them.
http://s757.photobucket.com/user/SFD516/media/512Tahoe.mp4.html
(should I think of more examples or personal input I will add it here).
Just my :twocents: Take it, leave it, give change back, its all good!