Cartridge headshell, what would you choose and why?

Dear Dang: Quality level sound reproduction does not depends directly from the price of any audio item. 

In a headshell maybe the more expensive looks better that the humble ones but that could not be reflected on quality sound level.

In your specific audio system and with your specific and unique music sound reproduction priorities you have to try 4-5 different headshells ( different headhsel build materials and different headshell weights too. ) and test each one with your cartridge to find out in which one performs better your cartridge. I can say not an easy task but a must to do it.

Same headshell with the same cartridge in different audio system gives you different sound.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Thank you Rauiruegas.
I have a LP Gear Zupreme on ordered. It will arrive in about a week.
Calvin

Greetings,
I recently found a good deal on a Merrill-Williams REAL 101 table with the Ortofon TA-110 tonearm.
I need to buy a couple of headshells and am interested in the LP Gear Zupreme. Would the Zupreme be compatible with the Ortofon tonearm, or do I have to stay with Ortofon headshells?
Thanks,
Gary

The majority of head shells are made by various manufacturers and then branded by whom ever!  Just because Ortofon's name is on it, doesn't necessarily mean that Ortofon made it.  The head shell itself is compatible with the TA-110 arm.  Now whether is is the right weight as Raul eluded to in an earlier post, would be hard to say without knowing what cartridges you intent to use it with.  
Regards,

griffithds                        12-02-2015 2:53pm

The Sumiko's and the Jelco's are the same head shell except the Jelco's have the arm finger lift attached. The Sumiko's do not. The LP/Gears ''Zupreme'' is the Jelco version of the same Sumiko's.

As it turns out, if you go to the Jelco website (http://www.jelco-ichikawa.co.jp/products/headshell.html), you'll see that Jelco offers four headshells including the Sumiko and ZuPreme versions:

The HS-50 seems to be used by a variety of brands.
The HS-30 looks pretty cool with brass, rosewood, and silver wiring. It'd probably be a good match for wood-bodied cartridges.
The  HS-25 has the attached finger lift and is no doubt the source for the ZuPreme.
The HS-20 has the separate fingerlift and must be the source for the Sumiko.

The HS-25 and HS-20 both have the same body, headshell material, and silk-wrapped HFC litz wire. The HS-20, 25, and 30 all have adjustable azimuth, which is really nice to have.