I love Made in USA stuff and have long admired the DM, but wasn’t really back in yoyos until recently. Didn’t know YYJ was gone. Such a cool piece, but no way I will be able to afford one on the used market any time soon! Lol.
I keep a saved search on ebay, picked both of these up on there for way less than what they would have sold for on here, about $35 for the DM II a month or two ago and $16 for the DM this week (I got 2 sunset trajectory, the DM and an Axiom for around $67)
They all appear to have A bearings and some kinda friction sticker.
The response on the Reactor and Chain Reactor are fantastic. The response on the bigger three right now is kinda iffy. I might try putting a thinner A bearing on them, or greasing the bearings up.