I have little experience of Bachmann's DCC product, but while sampling the various systems on offer prior to making my DCC purchase it was very clear that the range of performance was large. The control systems varied in the quality of user interface, documentation and capability: the basic systems (and Bach's E-Z was one of these) were simply too limited in capability to be worth purchasing in my opinion. When it came to decoders, typically the capability and refinement increased with the price: the price range at the time was about £8 to £25, the performance range (just considering one aspect) went from 'jerky, no better than an incrementing switch between speed steps' all the way to a smooth creep into motion and seamless acceleration. It made a nonsense of buying the cheap decoders, particularly when the refined performance kicked in from about double the then lowest price.
Don't be discouraged from thinking about DCC from experience of low capability: there is much better available, and it is a joy to use. One major drawback: operating becomes so much fun you may not get on with modelling, or layout construction...
Don't be discouraged from thinking about DCC from experience of low capability: there is much better available, and it is a joy to use. One major drawback: operating becomes so much fun you may not get on with modelling, or layout construction...