Fluance RT85 Reference High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable Record Player with Ortofon 2M Blue Cartridge, Acrylic Platter, Speed Control Motor, Solid Wood Plinth, Vibration Isolation Feet - Walnut

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Fluance RT85 Reference High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable Record Player with Ortofon 2M Blue...

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

This is a * combo. I would not hesitate purchasing any fluance turntable. It is one heck of a value.

Currently playing the new underoath album, voyeuristic. Perfect for me - human hearing already is overly sensitive to those frequencies anyway. Sound quality makes lp listening sooooooo much better.

The ortofon blue cartridge and stylus are superb. Records in various degrees of condition (good, mediocre, bad) all track so well with this cartridge and tt.

The aesthetic is wonderfully simple but not too ultra-modern. The acrylic platter and ortofon blue stylus are a great value.

There is a little bit of learning curve if your new to turntable setup.

Cons

This cartridge is tough to enjoy. Talk about biased on cymbals, and high range singers. Not only is it shrill, it intentionally seeks out every static pop and imperfection in my vinyl collection.

Cashing in on this craze is this middle of the line record player that masquerades as a professional player.

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Highlights

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Quality

Very happy it is the best turntable i have ever had and it showed up early relatively easy to set up sounds great

I love the acrylic platter for both function and aesthetics and the lack of wow and flutter with good sound to noise ratio

The only thing i could really want is the arm to return to the holder after playing an album it does shut down after about 30 s... Read More

My rating does not reflect performance of the turntable… i have to give it time to say anything but i tried one of those lps wi... Read More

Price

Great value for an entrylevel highend turntable

Great manual turntable for a reasonable price

Ive spend way more on equipment than actual records

The ortofon blue 2 stylus is worth about half the total cost so for the money i don’t believe you can beat this turntable

Shipping

They finally agreed to have the player sent back for repair 61 delivery charge on my dime

After 3 weeks of waiting they finally sent it back but did absolutely nothing saying that the player was silent

Delivery took a little longer than anticipated due to weather conditions

To be fair the cracked dust cover could happen by amazon shipping

Packaging/appearance

Build quality and even packaging efficiency is exceptional—on par with japanese manufacturing and packaging excellence

Still reflection of inadequate quality control and packaging for a great turntable

The dust cover arrived with a visible spiderweb crack

As soon as i opened it my dust cover kid was cracked

Competitiveness

The company that builds this tt also builds far more expensive audiophile machines for other brands and have evidently built th... Read More

Sub 500 there is no better deal or higher quality tt for the money

I honestly feel that you cant find better turntable for 499

According to many reviewers this thing punches well above its weight class and compares favorably to much more expensive devices

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This product had a total of 1,787 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 29 2024.