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

Lets start at the beginning. £500 this turntable cost so the review is based on that, not this is as good as a more costly turntable but what you get for your money . The two main selling points well they where for me.

Good afordable high end turntable

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.

Our kids bought a Beattles record for my spouse for Christmas. They had their eye on this record player for a long time. Now we spend our evenings listening to records. The sound quality is great.

For the money and its looks this turntable knocks it out of the ballpark! I looked and studied this table for a year before I pulled the trigger and purchased it. My previous table is a Technics SL-1200 MK2 and it is in excellent condition. I mounted a Audiotechnica AT-120E on it, and after learning how to align the cartridge,adjust tracking weight and anti-skate along with the VTA and arm height I thought was sounding great! I thought of ordering the 2M Blue and putting it on the technics table for an upgrade. Once I received the Fluance table and set it up I was blown away by its sound! I was hearing things I hadnt heard before on my 1st table. The sound and seperation was truly amazing. It caused me to go on a vinyl spending spree that Im still on! My lps I purchased in the 70s and 80s sound amazing along with the newer 180 gram albums Im collecting. Just wish I purchased the table sooner!

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.

Well, sadly my case wasnt great.

This is a great sounding turntable. I recently replaced my rega pl1 with this. And so far Im very impressed. Its got some weight to it and feels sturdy and well built but its not a plug and play. You need to know what youre doing when balancing the tone arm for the first time. Watch the tutorial videos on the fluance website first. After that shes all good. Happy spinning!

I’m surprised that this has such perfect reviews! I was disappointed that it was skipping. And I know how to set up a turntable correctly. Same with my other record player I bought from fluance. The R81. It costs $70 to mail to have problems fixed with their warranty. I might as well buy a new one. Sigh

Build quality is excellent!