I must say I am extremely happy with my US NCE power cab. It is a well designed and easy to use, yet powerful piece. I also think that hobbies such as ours really need standards as encouraged by the NMRA. Without some form of standardisation we would not be able to use equipment from Ireland, UK, Germany, the U.S. etc together. The result of DCC standardisation is the creation of a global link in the hobby which has created a great choice for the consumer. The NMRA aren't too bad in my opinion.