Hans Henrik Moerch, the designer and manufacturer of Moerch tonearms is a nice, decent human being. He has had his hand in making turntables, DACs and tonearms. His true professional love ended up being tonearm design and manufacturing. Hans Henrik is a perfectionist. This is one of the reasons we understand each other so well. He puts all his effort and love in making tone-arms. Even his packing is meticulous. Hans Henrik is precise and comprehensive. If you have a question, be prepared to get a full answer.

SORAsound has been representing Moerch tonearms since around mid 2006. During this time we have become a good friend of Hans Henrik Moerch and his wife Benedikte. SORAsound has also become Moerch’s biggest distributor in the world.

I had bought my first Moerch tonearm as an end consumer while living in Tokyo. In fact, I had bought two armwands for it, one to use with my ZYX cartridge, and the other to use with my Miyabi 47 Lab cartridge, both to be used on my AMAZON Model One turntable. In fact, the beautiful Amazon Audio turntables we distribute were also designed with Moerch tone-arms in mind, hence the great synergy of the two.

Aside from owning one of the best tonearms in the world, there are other advantages in having a Moerch tonearm. You can have multiple, easily replaced armwands for each cartridge you have. You can also use the appropriate armwand weight to get the best sound out of your cartridge.

Moerch tonearms come in two models: Moerch UP4 and Moerch DP6. Each tonearm comes in gold or chrome. Each can use 9 inch or 12 inch armwands. Moerch headshell can be standard or precision (to accommodate larger cartridges). Moerch also makes a high quality high value phono cable, DIN to RCA (XLR by special order).

Moerch armwands come in 4 different weights to optimize use of different cartridges. Hans Henrik is thinking of producing only two weights from now on. For someone who likes to stock everything so my customers can have anything they need upon request, this is a blessing.

The model MØRCH DP-6 has a unique combination of bearings. A silicone-damped, high precision ball-bearing assembly is used for the horizontal plane of motion. Two precision sapphire bearings are incorporated for the vertical mode of motion, which may be damped also, if desired, by injecting silicone fluid into a well for vertical damping. The damping of the horizontal plane of motion is independent of the damping of vertical mode of motion, and the latter can further be adjusted to all intermediate levels of damping.
In model DP-6 the azimuth adjustment for perfect channel separation is accomplished at the pivot of one of the sapphire bearings.

The MØRCH UP-4 incorporates a special concept of the unipivot principle. The bearing consist of a hardened steel pivot resting in a concave, polished sapphire. The bearing is damped in all directions with silicone fluid. The low positioning of the bearing provides for a greater stability compared to other unipivot arms, since a considerable part of the moveable mass of the arm is positioned above the pivot point. With the model UP-4 the azimuth adjustment is made by the way of the counterweights.

a noteworthy point: hans henrik moerch is a perfectionist. when he makes a tonearm, he checks the color and quality under great light inside, and under beautiful sunshine, when he is lucky to have it in copenhagen to ensure consistency and quality of work.

DP6 Review by Mr. Roger Gordon of Positive Feedback.

Table below shows Moerch UP4/DP6 specifications bearing in mind that any and all part of this information is subject to change without notice!

Construction:	Radial arm with interchangeable arm tubes
Bearing principle:	DP-6 Dual bearing UP-4 Unipivot
Effective mass of complete tonearm with arm tube: Light (green): Medium (red): Heavy (yellow): Extra heavy (blue):	All arm tubes can be used with both models 4 g 6 g 8 g 14 g
Fundamental resonance (depending on arm tube):	8 – 16 Hz
Tracking force (when using calibrated scale):	0 – 3 g
Bias compensation:	Watch spring with string – adjustable while playing
Azimuth:	Azimuth is adjustable for correct channel separation
Cueing mechanism:	Piston in U-pipe, damped with silicone fluid
Distance between pivot and center of turnable platter:	212 mm (8 5/16″) or 294.1 mm (11 9/16″)
Diameter of hole for mounting arm base:	20 mm (13/16″)
Rear overhang from pivot:	70 mm (2 3/4″)
Effective length:	230 mm (9 1/16″)
Offset angle:	24 degrees
Lateral tracking error:	0 degrees at 66 mm and 120.9 mm from center of record
Pivot point:	Pivot point is in level with the record surface
Bearing Friction:	Bearing friction less than 0.04 mN in all directions
Balancing:	Four (4) different balancing weights
Internal wiring:	19 strands of ultra pure silver insulated with Teflon
Capacitance per channel:	28pF for both models
Tonearm Cord:	Balanced. Extremely purified copper strands that are heavily silver coated. Halogen free insulation Moerch tonearm connector with Cardas DIN inlet and RCA connectors. Capacitance per channel: 100pF
Terminals:	All terminals throughout the arm are gold plated
Bearing concept of model DP-6:	One internally damped, precision ball-bearing assembly for the horizontal plane of motion. Two pivoted sapphire bearings for the vertical mode of motion which can be damped also, if desired, and then adjusted to different levels of damping
Bearing concept of model UP-4:	Hardened steel pivot resting on a concave sapphire, and damped for all motions with silicone fluid
DP-6 finish:	24 carat GOLD, CHROME
UP-4 finish:	CHROME or GOLD by special order

SORAsound is the exclusive distributor for US, canada and the rest of the americas for moerch tonearms. Suggested retail prices are shown in the table below:

dp6 gold precision	$3,350
dp6 gold 12 inch	$3,150
dp6 gold standard	$3,000
dp6 chrome precision	$2,950
dp6 chrome 12 inch	$2,750
dp6 chrome standard	$2,600
up4 chrome standard	$1,950
armwand gold/chrome precision	$1100/1000
armwand gold/chrome 12 inch	$900/800
armwand gold/chrome standard	$750/650
phono cable	$400