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 got my first turntable in 2000 when I was 15 years old. It was an old Marantz 6110 Semi Automatic with an AT cartridge. I loved that machine and it sounded great paired with my Marantz 2220B receiver. I used that until 2012 when it gave up the ghost. My next turntable was a Technics SL-DD22 Semi Automatic which Ive used paired with a Shure cartridge until now. I always missed the feel of my heavier Marantz with its solid feeling S shaped tonearm and removable headshell.

When we first decided to get back into vinyl we didnt want to spend allot of money so we bought a Fluance RT81. After a year we just felt something was missing. What was missing was the RT85! Its like hearing sounds from an album that you have never heard before! I dont claim to be an audiophile, not so sure I want to, but for the money the RT85 is worth every dollar.

My pioneer turntable from 1978 finally died and I had to get a new turntable. I did my research and finally settled on the RT85 and am happy I did. This sounds amazing. I was a little confused by balancing tonearm instructions in the manual but fluance had an excellent video online that showed exactly how to do it. I ordered a tonearm scale just to make sure the tracking weight was set correctly and the scale measured 1.89g. This turntable is great and I would not hesitate purchasing any fluance turntable.

Tough to decide whether to upgrade an automatic with better stylus or work an already great sounding table requiring more guess work. I noticed the other lower quality players couldnt play some older records as evenly as this player does. Sound quality is noticable better but playing every record well is important. The RT85 seems to get the job done better than many others out there. I would upgrade in a heartbeat for an auto player of this quality. This turnable plays the new and old albums properly and thats why it wins.

This is an amazing turntable. The only thing I don’t like about it is the tonearm lift lever will not lock in the up position. As soon as you let go of it, the tonearm starts slowly descending onto the surface. Giving you about two seconds to get the arm moved and the lid closed.

Set up is a breeze. Hooked up the TT base with power, RCA cables and ground wire. Added some anti noise ferrite core to the RCA cables. Like the ground wire with copper contact. Very good RCA cables out of the box. Next level the platform, very easy with the leveler that came with it. Then add the motor cover and then the acrylic platter and the belt. Add the cartridge and balancing weight and then balance the stylus force to 1.8g. Then I checked the alignment and Azimuth and both are right on the button. Set the anti skate to match the 1.8g. Finally add the dust cover. Use Dire Straight album for test. Clean, beautiful, detailed music came out of the Heresy pushed by Emotiva TA-100 using internal phono pre-amp. Well worth the money! Can’t wait to put my other cartilage on it and see what it can do!

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.

Excelente producto.

Great sound and great look.

An outstanding turntable. Quality in every way. I only wish I could adjust the height the tonearm but you cant have everything at this price point.