What tonearm is recommended for the denon 103r

The new arm designed for Denon DL-103 and Ortofon SPU is "12 inch Thomas Schick (Made in Germany).

I don’t know how many times i have to post it, but to understand why low compliance cartridge must be on high mass arm anyone can read this Ortofon Article

Also the Technics EPA 100 original issue with ruby bearings with titanium nitride tonearm tube, works very well with the 103 Denons. The Techincs EPA 100 is rare now and very pricey if you can find one.

No, this statement is false, Technics tonearm does not work well with low compliance cartridges and it will be difficult to even balance heavy cartridge on heavy headshell using Technics EPA-100 conterweight. I’m the owned or EPA-100 and EPA-100 mkII tonearms. I wouldn’t use low compliance cartridges on them. But mid compliance is fine, high compliance also fine. For DL-103 or 103R this is not optimal tonearm. Fidelity-Research FR64s is much better match for DL103 series. 

However, there is one higher compliance Denon-103 made, if i remember correct it was DL-103D ? 

The 103D was higher compliance than the 103C

Thanks. My memory passed the test, i was correct.
Isn’t the Ortofon SPU has a richer sound than all those Denods 103 ?

My personal recomendation for low compliance cartridge lovers is the Fidelity-Reseach FR-7f and FR-7fz for superheavy tonearms or PMC-3 for high or mid mass tonearms. In my opinion FR’s Air Core Coil and overall sound presentation along with the great "Vital" Stylus Profile is superb compared to any low compliance cartridge i’ve ever tried (including some of the best SPU like Royal G). I was so impressed by the sound of low compliance Fidelity-Research carts than i bought Ikeda 9 III after chatting with @nandric about those cantilever-less design.  

Someone has mentioned Lustre GST-801 tonearm and i can vote for it too, great arm! 

I can recommend pairing a Denon DL-103R with the very under rated Victor UA-7082 tonearm.

This is what i'm using now with Victor MC-L10, but subweight is required. I've seen people using it even with SPU. 

The short version (UA-7045) should work perfectly too.

Beautiful tonearm, i have boxed UA-7045 (NOS), This arm is better for MM cartridges in my opinion.  

I lost use of my AT-ART9 which was paired with an SME-V. Now I have got my hands on a DL103R.

and what do you think ? @cool_jeeves  

The Schick "12 is another inexpensive option for Denon and SPU

I have managed to extract a bit more from it than I could from ART-9 by changing cartridge loading to a higher 300 Ohms.

I don't understand how you can extract a bit more using Conical stylus instead of LineContact ? It's quite opposite direction. Maybe it's personal preferences. 

The lowest possible gain for MC is always preferable until the sound is acceptable. 

You can always unload you cartridge using 1000 Ohm or higher. 

You can use over 50 different headahells with any cartridge, why do you ask? For Denon 103 on Pioneer you need the heaviest possible headshell you can find, minimum 15g. Pioneer tonearm is mid mass, Denon is low compliance, you have to increase mass as much as possible.