Hammond CX-2000

Had a Wersi Delta before and feel much more comfortable with the Super SX2500 now. Everything is easy to program and to play, even if you play only once or twice per week (like me) you'll find everything again very easily.

The orgen has everything I need for playing my music at home: Typical Sinus sounds, extra voices - no request open.

O.k., it's no B3, but the drawbar sounds are really beautiful, nevertheless.
Key click is o.k., and the solo voices are really realistic. No mind if you play Saxophon or pan flute or piano or even different bell voices: It's minimum as good as a much larger Wersi or Yamaha organ. Speaker system and amplifiers are strong enough to supply more noise than your wife will like in your living room.
Very full and warm sound!

No problems until now (it's 10 years old, I own it since 2 years). In this way, it's much more reliable than any old tonewheel organ...
Only doubt is that the internal Leslie makes some noise. As any noise is caused by friction - let's wait and see.
All the rest is maintenance-free and, so I think, reliable.

Not neede at all, but I'm sure that the German Hammond branch (near Ulm) weher I bought the instrument is reliable if needed.

It was my dream over years to play and to own a real "Hammond". I looked long time for old Tonewheel instruments but today I'm convinced that this instrument is the better choice if you want to get a reliable instrument without any near future problems.
If you buy a M100, you own a most pretty organ which sounds always like a M100. Playing at home, alone, after 3 hours M100 you will look for sound alternatives.
I would always again select a SX or CX model, or the new EX models.

The CX-2000 is very easy to use after spending a few minutes becoming familiar with it. The preset sounds are good representations of the real sounds (trumpet, flute, clarinet, piano, etc.) These sounds can be played individually or simultaneously. The presets can work for the lower or upper manuals. The CX-2000 offers a volume switch to allow your preference in the amount of sound you're looking for.

What I don't like is the polyphony. Yes, I only have ten fingers. However, when playing it seems this organ will only play eight(?) sounds. It plays the last eight or so keys. If you want to hear the other keys, you must release some keys or press the keys again. I don't care for this. I'm considering selling this organ for a B3 in the near future.

This organ's instruments are pretty good to me. I can see this organ being used for all kinds of music (depending on the style and preference of the organist.) There are a variety of drum beats, sustain choices (manuals and pedals), and alterations to your sound by changing the systems setup. However, when you change the setup to your taste, once the organ cuts off you will loose your setting.

The CX-2000 is dependable but you must take cautious measures to avoid future problems. For example, I didn't have a surge protector on my organ and I received a power surge. It blow out the circuit board on my organ and leslie (digital). Since the keys are not waterfall (like the B3) my children broke a key off which had to be replaced. The organ has an internal leslie; however, the leslie spends on something causing a clicking sound. The location of the leslie is difficult to get to. The technician had difficulty getting to this location.

If this item was lost or stolen, I would not buy it again. I feel this organ was worth my money, but not what I'm personally seeking. I'm looking at purchasing a rebuild vintage organ. Yes, it lacks the glamourous features of the digital organ, but you can't beat the sound and reliability.