Fluance RT82 Reference High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable Record Player with Ortofon OM10 Cartridge, Speed Control Motor, High Mass MDF Wood Plinth, Vibration Isolation Feet - Walnut

Bought the bamboo/natural wood grain version, two of them. Then upgraded to the acrylic platter. Here is where my trouble began. To make a long story short....if you upgrade to an Audio Technica 520/530/540 cartridge you will need an additional mat. I used an acrylic mat on top of the acrylic platter. Everything worked like it should. Sounded great. What I found out was that the Ortofon OM Cartridge has more depth in reaching the platter. When I used the Audio Technica it would not reach all the way down to the album. Hence the additional acrylic mat. So I replaced the Orotofon OM10 that comes with the turntable with an OM20 stylus and it was well worth the money. It actually sounds better than the Audio Technica VM540 cartridge and stylus. I also got rid of the additional acrylic mat. This is really a sweet sounding turntable with the OM20 upgrade.

Sounds great. Its solid and attractive. Great upgrade from my vintage turntable. Im happy with my perchase.

I use this turntable to rip my LPs from the 60s thru the 70s. This turntable has given me some very clean CDs of my old LPs. These LPs where originally played once to record to cassette tapes.

Great product!

Set up was easy. Instructions were clear and detailed. While playing the first record I was thinking I should have upgraded to the 2M Red stylus but after reading some forum posts about styli needing 10 to 50 hours of break-in time Ive put about 15 hours on this and it seems much more detailed. Im playing this through a 1974 Kenwood amp that Ive never had serviced so after I take it in for a checkup Im sure Ill get more listening pleasure from the new RT82. I would definitely recommend this to anyone not wanting to spend a fortune to listen to good quality sound.

I recently purchased this to go along with a Denon DRA-800h receiver, Klipsch R61F towers and a Polk psw10 sub. The Polk is the only holdover from my old setup which included an old Yamaha receiver, an Audio Technica AT-LP 60 turntable. As an upgrade from the Audio-Technica, it has helped transform my listening experience. This due to the Ortofon 10 cartridge, along with the expert craftsmanship that goes into the manufacturing of this piece. Installation was a snap. It didn’t take very long at all to install the cartridge and install and balance the tone arm. The included white gloves was a nice touch as the walnut finish is EXTREMELY glossy. Going to have to have a talk with kids about clean hands when using, but society has been doing a pretty good job of making sure we ALL wash our hands these days, so no worries here. The one place that I could downgrade Fluance was that only one of the two clips that connect the dust cover to the plinth were included in the package. No worries: I just called up Fluance and they sent a new one right away. Considering we are all dealing with COVID these days, I won’t begrudge Fluance this mistake. It in no way affected the performance of a turntable, and their customer service was was spot on! I’ve been using the table for a couple weeks now and am still amazed at the sound quality! The first two records I played were remasters of Regatta De Blanc by The Police, Rush’s Hemispheres and Def Leppard’s Pyromania. In all three records, I actually heard sounds that I did not hear when played through the much cheaper cartridge in the AT-LP 60. This was most evident when listening to the Def Leppard record, but that also has a lot to do with the fantastic job Def Leppard did on the the recent remasters for their box. If you’re looking for a great way to improve the sound of your record collection, this is 350 very well spent!

I love this turntable! Is a huge step up from what I was using. Looks and operates like it’s a much more expensive product. Very easy to set-up, takes about 10 minutes. You will need an amp with a “phono” Jack or a pre-amp. This does not have one built in.

Takes so long for the auto stop. If any records have engravings in the center or the label is a little off the auto stop will not engage in time and will run right into them. I’ve looked all over for a solution but can’t find any. Just be careful with what record you let run to the end. The sound is amazing and I’m super impressed but the auto stop is giving me a stress I don’t need

I bought this a couple years ago. It is a good record player. Sounds great and meets expectations for the price. However...something recently happened where the arm moved over and turned on the player. My cat may have jumped on the turntable to cause that to happen. Anyway, the turntable probably was running continuously for a week, so the motor burned up. 100% my fault because I should have turned the turntable off, which it allows you to do. However, I am a product of the 70s where turntables did not have that feature, so why would I do that? Now to my point: I called Fluance customer support to try and figure out how to replace the motor. They asked me to send them a recording of how the motor sounded, so I was encouraged that they were interested in helping me. Afterwards they went dark. I followed up via email 3 times, no response, so I called them. The guy who answered said, sorry, cant do anything for you. I asked if they knew of a source where I could purchase the motor. The guy said, sorry, cant help you...So anyway, the motor that is in the unit is very hard to find. I was pretty much out $300. Again, my fault for not turning off the unit, which I now know to do. So the moral of the story, you can buy this, it is a nice sounding player, but if you have to deal with any customer support issues with Fluance, well their name should really be flatulent.

I spent way too much time researching a replacement for a 15 year old Stanton direct drive that honestly didnt sound terrible. I just developed a brief obsession and relentlessly poured through reviews and audiophile forums, bouncing from vintage Denon, Kenwood, Pioneer and Dual to new models from Audio Technica, U-Turn, Fluance, Rega and Pro-Ject. The vintage tables felt like the natural choice, but they either needed too much love or they had been restored and were priced a bit beyond what I wanted to spend. I decided to focus on new tables and lower my budget to $300. The Rega Planar 1 and Pro-Ject Debut were then eliminated. Both seemed like decent options, although they werent without flaw and if Im buying a Rega I want to go all in, glass platter and everything. Audio Technica couldnt match what U-Turn and Fluance offer for $300 in terms of platter, cartridge, motor and aesthetics. The final decision came down to the Fluance RT82 and U-Turn Orbit Plus. If youre looking for a new turntable around $300 these should be the only two that youre considering. With the Orbit you can have an acrylic platter and an Ortofon 0M5E cartridge. Theyre assembled in the US by a small company and I appreciate that. Fluance RT82 comes with a slightly better cartridge and an arguably worse aluminum platter. Where it surpasses the Orbit, in my opinion, is in the cue lever, auto stop, S-shaped tone arm, removable headshell (easier to change cartridges), 33/45 rpm knob and lower wow/flutter %. I have had it for around a week and have probably listened to about 40 hours of music. At first I wasnt thoroughly impressed and I read there might be a break-in period for the stylus. It sounds amazing now and I am completely happy with my purchase.