Millenium MCT-20 Reviews

Excellent product. But the battery compartment DOH!

OK at first I thought this is the worst designed battery compartment ever. It did not make contact with the terminals well enough to keep contact. I was about to return it when I tried one last time. This time I pushed in and down and I heard a click... and now I think its the best designed battery compartment ever. In and down.

Well this is a must tool for any tech, sound engineer or musician if you are a sole traveller. Bands, buy one. At this price its the cheapest of its kind. But the quality of the unit is unbelievable. This is a tank.

Plug one end of the cable into the correct socket. Plug the other end to the correct socket for it. And config seems to be catered for. Turn the switch to the numbers. The corresponding light will light up. Now you will need to know a little about how your cables should be wired but for guitar leads and balanced xlr, 1 to 1 , 2 to 2 and 3 to 3 should be the norm.

If the connectors are not standard, you can even use the supplied probes to test continuity. It beeps. So no need to hold the probes steady to glance at a light.

With connectors in place, shake the cable whilst testing and you will see if theres a break.

Now it is not going to fix your cables, but it will tell you which ones are good to use and which ones need to go to the repair man or the bin.

Its big and bulky to allow for speakon cables. It is worth every penny.

All you need is a 9v battery. It even has a built in battery check.

Why did I hesitate so long??

With multimeters kicking around the place, and one in my gig box, I never could justify the need for this test box until I had an impulse to throw one in my "next" T order. Its brilliant, all the common connections ready to plug into, the real beauty is when you have an intermittent problem on a guitar or mic lead, before you needed 4 hands to juggle the test probes of the meter and move the cable to find the fault without upsetting your handheld connection (the quality of which often becoming the subject of the fault!!) ....no more with this baby, just plug in, jiggle the cable and fault found in seconds - move on - brilliant ....Get one!!

Perfect!

Totally amazing for this price! Has everything to check, and its easy to use!

Easy led light to check every single cable inside your cable if it's fully functioning. and it fits almost every possible cable inside the music industry!

There could be a little display yo show voltage of a battery if you have to replace the rechargable ones or something like that, and i would pay the extra money that it will cost for that

In other ways, GREAT tool! Well done!

Wonderful little tester.

This is a great little tester for all sorts of cables and more.

One and only critism is the xlr sockets, the tester came with plastic body xlr sockets, so the tester could never check pin-1 shorts to casing.

A quick swap for metal body sockets and all was well.

A bit unpractical, but does the job

In some other review it was written that it is difficult while the MCT-20 requires the user to select which cable is to be tested.

I tought it is not that bad, but it is actually quite annoying and counterproductive.

The lack of usability is, however, reflected in price, so I rather live with the nuisance and save some money.

A must for all working in live sound applications

This is a MUST to own for anyone working in live sound applications. A timesaver when troubleshooting cable connection issues. It has all the connectors you usually find in live sound applications so you can test almost any cable used nowdays. I never leave on tour without it. Battery lasts forever. Price is ridiculously low, standalone connectors cost more if you buy them separately. You can't go wrong with this one.

Great piece of kit!

One of the handiest tools you can have working in audio...check every cable before it goes out the door, or on stage. handles just about every plug and cable combination you'll need. Nice colour for dark environments, battery battery lasts and lasts. Solid construction, can't go wrong!

excellent product

excellent product

essential gear

cant fault this cable tester, saved me hours while testing cables and chasing down faults at live shows, the probes are also useful (even more so when you get some aligator clips in there) build quality is great and hasn't failed me yet.

Affordable and very useful

Anyone using electronic equipment should have one of these at their side. Its extremely affordable for something so useful.It test virtually every type of cable and is very easy to use. Don't risk testing your cables any other way.Get your hands on one of these.

Don't leave home without it!

A fine piece of equipment, exceptional value for money and easy to use.

I noticed that someone complained about the socket quality. Yes they aren’t the best or the most expensive but if they were it would cost upwards of 2-3 times as much. Current price at time of writing is only €21.90 !!!!!

The only things I would have liked and I will try and find are,

1. a suitable case for it and the test leads.

2. a power switch ON/OFF

Not sure there is actually enough space to fit a switch and that might be why there isn’t one. If I get a good case then I won't need a switch.

No need to think twice about buying one and would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a tester.

A must have for all musicians with their own sound gear

No more messing with multi meters when you have a dodgy lead, just plug in, turn the dial and if there is a fault, your hands are free to check where the break may be.

Strong metal construction and a wide range of sockets to test from jack plugs to cat5.

Well made

This has been so useful since I bought it. It is a sturdy and well made unit which works when you need it too.

Having used it on gigs many times it stands up to being toured.

A great investment

I bought this cable tester a while back and boy has it served me good. Its super easy to use, understand and is built to last. The only thing i would like to see is a on / off switch, but thats more psychological than anything else. Since the circuit only closes when you use it, it doesnt need one. I would definitely recommend people to buy one if you work with sound / lights. Its a time saver, and its dirt cheap!

great tool

I love my Millenium MCT-20 for checking the most relevant audio cables on the market. Pluggin into some jacks is a bit stiff, but it works well and checking cables is done very fastly as of now.

Cable Tester

This is a good quality and extremely useful piece of kit. It's not the most exciting thing you'll ever buy but is essential for fault finding in a studio or live environment. The only criticism i have is that i can't quite fit angled MIDI cables into the inputs, but that's a very minor criticism given the amount of features on offer. Easy to use and well built.

Best tester I've used in a long time!

This has got to be the best and most useful cable tester I've used in a long time! rugged construction and connections for all the most common cables (Even RJ -45 network cables).

Versatile and Reliable

The cable tester is very easy to use and is able to check the continuity of almost every cable I've encountered in the field. The item is quite bulky to accommodate all of the sockets.

very handy

i bought this little cable tester on a wim thinking it may come in handy. can honestly say it was the best £17 I've ever spent it has haley every type of cable your likely to fined on your day to day life in live entertainment and has a very simple design you plug one end in and then the other the cicitry connects up and you get 2 lights all indicated so pin one lights up and shows you what its connected to and so on for how ever many pins are in you cable the red and black prongs are a nice quick test for anything you can fit into the device like batteries ext... it donsn't give you any reading out but it dose make a nose its not a multi meeter but its a nice extra to have the one complaint i have about this item iff i had to say something would be the battery holder is a bit flimsy i fined myself pushing it in all the time but for the price i really can't complain its nice and solid and seems to be bolt like a tank!

would definitely recommend to a friend!

Very handy

This has a good quality build and casters for all my cables, great buy.