Cartridge for a Thomas Schick Tonearm...MM ?

Hi I finally settled on a DL103R with a Al body (Midas). it works really well.
Ojt212, do you use a thomas schick ?

Despite being of a higher compliance, I have had great success with the Grace F9E with a sapphire paratrace from Expert. For comparison, I do also have a Uve Panzerholz 103R also with the sapphire paratrace. The Grace is similar in tonal richness and has a little more air. Different in the way 2 great Bordeaux are. Who cares, I'll take either one!!

Thanks a lot everyone ! the idea behind the MM was as i already have a good MM cart and Phono phono and did not want to change that ;)
But based on your responses and also other reading, it does appear the best option is a Denon 103 with a wood or Al body and a wood headshell.
What ill do is first try it out with the nagaoka MP30 i have and then decide if i want to change it as apparently the Schick does best with medium to low compliance design. if not the better option is to get the Denon + new MC phono

Raul, as you said the nagaoka is pretty accoomodating as well,so its well worth the try.

I agree with Franks. I own a Schick tonearm, and I think that the DL-103R is very good with these caveats:
1- Lose the outer plastic shell. A nuded 103x is much better than the stock version, and in fact I actually prefer a nude version mounted on an ebony headshell to most wood body options.
2- Wood body - can be OK or can be great, depending on which body and how well the mounting job was done. For me, I find better results where the cartridge *is not* potted.
3- I am not crazy about using aluminum cartridge bodies on this arm - just my preference. YMMV
4- A new Ruby cantelever retip by Peter at Soundsmith will completely change your opinion of the "lowly" DL-103 cartridge.
5- Finally, your choice of headshell will make a huge difference with this combination of cartridge and tonearm. I prefer the Yamamoto Ebony but Sumiko or Micro will do in a pinch.

I also enjoy the Ortofon SPU line with this tonearm; especially for classic mono recordings. I have also had good sussess with selected Benz and Lyra models.

The arm is designed to work with loe compliance cartridges. The OMA site sells a moving magnet cartridge made by Soundsmith for the Shick arm. It goes for $800 and I suspect it's a superb value.
Other options would be the UWE, Zu or Soundsmith modified Denon's.
An SPU would work well as would a Koetsu.
The OMA site also features another cartridge whose name is escaping me which would work well.
It's really a mater of your taste and budget.

Dear Arj. I never had the opportunity to heard that tonearm with a MM/MI. Said it and looking to your Nagaoka one and due that the tonearm is a removable headshell design and that the Nagaoka MP-30 is not a typical high/very high compleance cartridge design I can't see how this tonearm/cartridge/headshell combination could give you a " wrong/bad " match. Of course that is only an opinion with no first hand experiences about.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.