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 came home one day to see my Project RPM 1 Carbon laying face down on the ground. The cat was kind enough to get on my turntable stand and push it off the edge, at least thats the theory.

I think this is the perfect turntable if you are new or looking to get back into vinyl, as long as you know you are going to stick with this hobby. It’s a lot for my first real turntable but after trying out a suitcase record player (absolute trash and ruins your records over time) I knew that the upfront cost would get me something I could truly love and enjoy. This turn table as been all that and more! I listen to it for hours every day. I installed an LED strip under the back to light up the platter.

the luxurious sound set envelops the room around you. there is no better sound in the world that is better than this extraordinary turntable. when the wax meets the needle and the sound and colors fly you will find the Ortofon 2m blue of superior quality.

Excellent Cartridge!

This product is very easy to setup. The sound quality is very good, definitely will hold its own when compared to more expensive brands and models. i am very very pleased with its performance. The vinyls I thought were throways because of noise and scratchy sound when played on my previous turntables, definitely found new life on fluance. They were not defective lps at all . On fluance, they played clean and scratch-free.

This is honestly the best record player for the price. I’ve tried Pro-Ject and Audio Technica turn tables before and this one offers so much for price. The sound is incredible. The main criticism people give this turn table is the build quality of the main base of the turntable, but I don’t see any issue with it at all. It’s solid and looks amazing in bamboo. If you want to enter into medium quality record players, this is the way to go.

Love it, but I am in the key demographic. That being said, I’m really happy to hear what I’ve been missing. The level of detail retrieval is amazing. It paired well with the ifi Zen and my hand built Kt88 amp.

Takes a bit of patience to put together. The white gloves are a nice touch to leave no greasy finger prints while assembling it. I had to take one off several times to make adjustments for weights, cartridge and balancing. Better with bare hand for accuracy.

This’s the second time that I buy this product and the same thing happens that the shut off doesn’t work

Getting back into vinyl as I had a great set up in the 70s. The RT 85 was easy to set up. Watched a video on how to balance the tone arm and I was good to go. My son bought the same model and we both are very impressed.