“…The MCX2 some­how changes … every­thing. As if the musi­cians had per­for­med through an only half opened stage curtain before. Now the curtain has fallen com­ple­tely and the view is wide open and deep. Espe­cially the lower tones … grew in subs­tance and rich­ness.”

(MCX2 with the Maximus SE and TA‑2000)

Image Hifi
02/2020
by Heinz Gelking

“From my past expe­rience, not many cart­ridges can offer such a spicy rock music expe­rience.”

(MCX2 with the Double X 2019 and TA‑2000)

Audio­techni­que
08/2019
by Martin Leung

“The MCX2 has a slight frequency drop towards the higher regis­ters. This only resul­ted in a mini­mally sono­rous, velvety timbre, without sacri­ficing reso­lution or trans­parency. But think of this in the context of the energe­tically dense and robust play­back of the turn­table, with its precisely stag­gered spatial repre­sen­tation oriented towards the front edge of the stage. The MC pickup then probably has exactly the right tuning, as it counter­acts over­pre­sence and fore­grounding.”

(Test with Maximus NEO & TA-500 NEO)

Stereo
07/2021
by Matthias Boede