Don't buy a moerch there is absolutely no support or service for this item whatsoever the entire company seems to be one fellow it'll far away and who builds them I own this tonearm and although I liked it it is impossible to get it serviced repaired Parts anything the guy wanted a hundred euros just to talk to me just to talk to me you know honestly it's a disaster I needed a small part for it I had to jump the whole tone on the only way you can get this thing fixed it to take it off your table and ship it to this guy in the middle of nowhere with a huge amount of money and hope you get it back within the year it was the worst experience I've ever had he has Distributors if you Google to tell him you'll see there are people that sell this nightmare meanwhile the turntable I bought from George Merril 30 years ago I picked up the phone and called the same phone number he had 30 years ago and he picked the phone up when out of his way to help me rebuild my table for next to nothing look at Graham look at triplanar buy yourself a vintage Grace go through the recommended list don't buy them or you can't get it fixed you can't get service on it you can't get parts it was a major nightmare for me