Hi nandric &dover
I’ve passed on NOS Japanese TSD 15 when I’d learned that EMT charges CFH 600 for dampers only. Yet I still need a cart for my NOS EMT 997 and EMT seems like a natural fit, especially considering shell design. I buy my analog gear mostly in Japan. I travel there at least once a year (very bad trip for my valet😤 ). There EMT carts were imported by Kawamura Electric Research Institute and I think that EMT built carts to their spec. I’ve heard that XSD was developed specifically for Japanese market so I wander if EMT XSD 15 Frantz (the only XSD model that I saw there) has even lower output than the standard XCD 15 which I believe is already low 0.15 V. LZi stands for low impedance international but I’m not sure what Frantz stands for. Anyway unless I missed it a couple of TSD 15 that I saw there did not have LZi designation. As XSD 15 Frantz is typically 30-40% more expensive and I already have a couple of LOMCs I’m thinking regular TSD15, no point overpaying for NOS as dumpers are most likely gone anyway and the original diamond profile is not that great either.
