Hi Mike!

Glad to see you have good results with the DX7, i have too!
The overall sense of control is better IMO and the trims (and subtrims) are much more sensitive.

As you can see in the manual, there isn't a swash-type that matched the CX2's, but you can go and try with swashtype NORM.
Personally I don't mind the throttle sensitivity, i only set the pitch and aileron to EXP, that improves 'precision flying' abilities quite a bit!

Now i'm gonna find a charger, as Spektrum doesn't supply one here in Europe.
What voltage and amps does the stock charger put out?