MCX2
The Acoustic Signature MCX2 is a modern moving-coil cartridge, manufactured according to the latest technologies – the optimal partner for our NEO tonearm series. A ‘nude’ elliptical stylus assuring precise tracking results, high-purity silver coils and a CNC-milled and resonance-optimized chassis developed according to the finite element design principle form the basis for a souvereign sounding cartridge.
Special features:
Test reports
“it was to the credit of the MCX2 and the company’s smallest tonearm, the TA‑500 NEO, that the musical sequences were as clear as glass”
(TA‑500 NEO with Tornado NEO and MCX2)
Fidelity
11/2021
by Roland Schmenner
“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
“The TA5000 and MCX2 combination proves to be a very interesting tandem with great potential, not only because of its price-performance ratio”
(MCX2 with the Montana and TA‑5000)
HiFi & Records
01/2020
by Marius Donadello
“…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
Technical data
Cartridge system: | Moving-coil |
Stylus type: | Nude elliptical |
Coil material: | 4N silver |
Cartridge chassis: | Resonance-optimized aluminum chassis |
Voltage output (at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec.): | 0.55 mV |
Channel balance at 1 kHz: | < 1.5 dB |
Channel separation at 1 kHz: | > 21 dB |
Compliance, dynamic, lateral: | 15 m/mN |
Tracking force range: | 2.1 to 2.5 g |
Recommended tracking force: | 2.3 g (23 mN) |
Frequency range at -3 dB: | 20-25,000 Hz |
Frequency response 20-20,000 Hz: | ± 2.5 dB |
DC resistance: | 7 |
Recommended load: | 100 |
Cartidge weight: | 12.2 g |