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

My husband requested this phonograph and he is extremely happy with it. The sound is wonderful and clear and he can play his old albums.

As my first record player after a day of having a Crosley portable record player this one seems like a dream. As someone new to collecting records the overall setup was more costly than Id hoped but I managed to save here and there with the speakers and receiver which made for very good sound at less than 600. Aside from having to make a decision between powered or passive speakers and a receiver or external pre amp it was a pretty easy set up too.

This turn table is pretty nice. I upgraded from a briefcase record player. Had no idea how much those are trash. Balancing the tone arm is an art and setting everything up is pretty straight forward. It’s a work of art to look at. Chose to go with rt-82 for its ability to upgrade to be equivalent to an 85 if I so choose in the future. I totally love this turn table.

Ultimately went with this turntable after researching tons in this price range and slightly cheaper. I am happy that I chose this one and it sounds and looks great. I was thinking of getting the RT81, but after reading reviews and researching the styluses, I decided on the RT82 since I listen to a lot of jazz fusion music. I upgraded to the Fluance acrylic platter and have it paired with a Schiit Mani (piano black, black mani, and walnut Kanto YU6). When I wear out or get tired of the OM10, I can get the 2M blue and basically have a RT85 with a spare cart and stylus (or get OM20 for existing cart) and not have paid a crazy amount more. Definitely would get this model over others in the price range and would consider spending more over the RT80 and 81 if you plan on building a system around it or want to future proof against having to get a completely new turntable to upgrade.

I’m loving my new setup to listen to vinyl!!

After watching several hours of reviews on YouTube I purchased this turntable. It seemed like a good balance of price and performance. One thing I found compelling was that Fluance makes all of their Reference-series turntables fully upgrade-able. Meaning, you can start with this unit and upgrade the parts as your budget or inclination dictate. I also had to do some research into the stylus/cartridge, since Fluance uses the Ortofon OM series stylus on the RT82 and the Ortofon Red/Blue on the higher ones, I did look at what those would cost to upgrade, and if it would be worth it. Because you cant just swap the stylus (different line/design; you can swap out the whole cartridge) it would be fairly expensive and a better deal to just buy a higher level turntable out of the gate. However, it seems that there are higher OM series styluses available that are roughly equivalent to the Red/Blue styluses. All that being said, the humble RT82 sounds great as-is out of the box, and I will need to upgrade other components before I worry about the stylus. Overall, exceptionally pleased with the purchase!

I purchased my RT82 directly from Fluance because I wanted to be sure I was a registered buyer with Fluance in case there was a problem. Turned out to be a good idea. The first unit I received had a motor speed problem. I called Fluance, spent about 5 minutes on hold, and then talked to Brent. He spent about 15 minutes with me trying to troubleshoot the problem, and when nothing corrected the problem, he offered to process an immediate return and refund. He suggested this would be the fastest route, and then gave me a discount code to use when ordering a replacement unit. So, my experience with Fluance Customer Service was excellent. My first unit was piano black, and it indeed was a fingerprint and dust magnet. Consequently, when I ordered the replacement, I chose the Lucky Bamboo -- a much better choice for me. The new turntable works perfectly. The included Ortofon OM10 Cartridge performs well in terms of channel separation and provides decent quality sound. I did feel it lacked dynamics in the higher frequencies and lacked the bass punch I wanted for my classical music addiction. I upgraded the cartridge to the Nagaoka MP200, with stunning results. As equipped, the RT 82 provides very good performance and sound for a $300 turntable. The Nagaoka MP200 cartridge at $450, is more expensive than the turntable, but combined with the RT82, the sound dynamics, stereo separation, and the ability to reproduce complex music is simply outstanding. Clearly, another alternative would have been to order the RT85N with its acrylic platter and the included Nagaoka MP110 cartridge. However, the MP110 has a bonded stylus with an aluminum cantilever, while the MP200 has a nude stylus with a boron cantilever for truly superior sound performance. If your budget is $300, the RT82 is an excellent choice. If you can swing $500, the RT85N is a very worthy upgrade. But for me, at $750, the combination of the RT82 with the MP200 cartridge makes the perfect package. A couple technical notes to be aware of: the RT82 does not have an internal preamp like the RT80 and RT81. The automatic stop function at the end of a vinyl record does not lift and return the arm to its rest position; it simply stops the rotation leaving the stylus on the record. For many people, automatic turntables are tempting, but my 50+ years of turntable ownership experience have taught me that the automatic functions add noise and complexity and eventually always fail. There is a reason that uber-expensive turntables are always manual, and not automatic. I highly recommend the RT82 and Fluance. For $300, you cant do better. If your budget can accommodate a bit more, put the money in the cartridge.

Having had a Crosley from UrbanOutfitters from about five years, which as a starter record player was great, built in speaker, no need for an amp, this was a welcome upgrade. It looks amazing, which is awesome, and it really does feel like the next level of a record player. The sound quality is more crisp. The set up was easy with the video Fluance provides. One thing to remember, I had read this somewhere before purchasing, when you first play it, it is not at its best. I think it was something like ten hours in does it kind of warm up and get the sound you are looking for. My first couple records I played I thought something may had been wrong, but the more I used it, the better it got.

Nice unit. Great price. My bad boy sansui is rocking vinyl again. Excellent sound . I played my old stuff and it sounds good. Bought some new albums and wow what great sound .

We recently picked up this Fluance RT82 turntable and could not be happier with it. The sound quality is excellent. I found the setup instructions to be very clear and balancing the tonearm to be reasonably easy. The instructions really leave nothing to chance - down to showing where to put the included bubble level on the turntable when leveling it. The sound is great, it feels very solid and well made - it ticks all the boxes at this price point. Highly recommend.