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Fluance RT81 Vinyl Turntable Record Player Main

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92 % of 100

RT81 Elite High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable

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100%

Product Review (submitted on December 14, 2016):

Great turntable for the price, very pleased. Replaced my old turntable and the difference is very pleasing in the best way possible. I'm using the internal preamp with the RT81, it sounds great, sound output level is very good. My Pioneer SC-95 doesn't have a phono input, so the turntables preamp is a nice feature. I may eventually buy a better external preamp and upgrade the cartridge, but for straight out of the box, this turntable sounds impressive. It also looks every bit as impressive as it sounds.

The tone arm looks to be setup great, but the cartridge is installed in the headshell dead center and square. I check the alignment and it is off a bit. It sounds great as is, but people who know how to align the cartridge will want to do that. I used an alignment tool and there is a very nice slight improvement. I read a professional review for this turntable and the reviewer mentioned the factory alignment being off a bit so I'm guessing they all come that way. Not a big deal for most but important if you want the most out of the turntable.

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