Fluance RT85 Reference High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable Record Player with Ortofon 2M Blue Cartridge, Acrylic Platter, Speed Control Motor High Mass MDF Wood Plinth Vibration Isolation Feet - Piano Black

I love it

This is definitely a big boy turntable.

Ive been building my dream sound system since I was 14. Im now 69. My first quality turntable was a Technics, Direct Drive, Fully Automatic. Although it was expensive, I never skimped on guitars, amps, or stereo equipment. Back then, no cartridge or stylus came with the turntable. So I bought a Stanton EEE cartridge. After 50 years of non-stop use, she stopped working.

I bought this as a step up from a lower end model of Audio Technica turntable.

What a beautiful turntable. Perfect finish, and clean and simple design. It arrived well packed, and was easy to set up. The Ortofon 2m Blue is an awesome cartridge, and the sound from the first tonearm drop was already wonderful. I am extremely happy with this setup. The only complaint I can come up with is the numbers on the counterweight could have a little more contrast. They are a hard to see in lower light.

Simplicity at its best. You do need an amp that has a Phono input or add an external pre-amp. Just remember when you buy something really nice like this turntable the rest of your system might also need an upgrade! Regardless, I got tired of dealing with an old 70s Dual auto-turntable and there is just a major sound quality difference in this turntable over some cool retro setup! Balance and setup is very straightforward and instructions are thorough.

Great value, great sound, great cartridge.

Just getting back into the culture. Didnt want to go cheap. Read up on this and liked what I had read. Very happy with purchase. Recommend.

This turntable sounds great mostly due I think to the Ortofon Blue cartridge and very low amount of noise transmitted from the platter to the tone arm. The build quality is excellent and it looks great. Clear instructions for the setup. The auto stop takes awhile at the end of the a record, about 19 revolutions. The auto stop works with most of my records, but it does not work with the older records where the tonearm moves back and forth horizontally a half an inch or so at the end of the record. I think that back and forth movement was designed to trigger an automatic record changer. Small detail, it is after all a manual turntable. Very good value for your money and I highly recommend it.

Update 1/24 - Must have been a bad lot b/c the Marantz TT replacement in the identical set-up (cables/amp/ground/speakers/isolation table/location sounds WONDERFUL. Sorry RT85, may all others not experience what we went through for almost 2 months.