Affordable Japanese LOMCs--Recommendations?

Thanks Stan.

What if I narrowed it down to the DL103R and DL301 II? Pros & cons?

I have a Jolida JD 9A tubed phono stage coming in soon. It's highly configurable in resistance and gain for a wide range of cartridge matching. A little more bass in my system wouldn't be a bad thing. Current cart is an Audio Technica AT150MLX.

You picked two I haven't used; what arm are you using? The 103 series like more mass than the others listed.

These comments just prove that 'colored' sound is alive and well in audio land.

03-08-11: Stanwal
You picked two I haven't used; what arm are you using? The 103 series like more mass than the others listed.

I have a Technics SL1210M5G. The stock tonearm (with Technics headshell) has an effective mass of 12.5g, but I use an LPGear ZuPreme headshell, moving effective mass up to 19g (with cart mounting hardware). I could add another 5g with heavy screws and a headshell weight. I also have the KAB tonearm fluid damper, which reduces the amplitude of the cartridge/arm resonant peak.

I'm wondering if the DL103R is worth the extra trouble over the DL301 II, as the 301 would drop right in and also track at a lower VTF.