Review Details
RT85 Reference High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable
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Product Review (submitted on August 11, 2021):
Wonderful sound quality thru AudioQuest 6' Evergreen cables to my Onkyo receiver & AR HC6 speakers. Can't speak to the quality of the included cables, as they are way too short to be useful unless the turntable & receiver are sitting right on top of each other in the same cabinet. Fluance could easily leave the cables & ground wire out of the package, allowing for a modest price drop.I haven't had a turntable in 20 years, but found the setup to be pretty simple. Getting the counterweight set up properly took a bit of doing, but no big deal. For the longer ground wire, I bought some 12 gauge stranded THHN wire from Home Depot & attached some heavy-duty spade connectors. Its heavier than needed, but the usual 16 gauge wire always makes me nervous. I zip-tied the ground wire to the RCA cables so they can support each other in the open space between the turntable & receiver.Absolutely need a cleaning kit to dust off my old but well-cared-for records.I was concerned about the longevity of the tiny drive belt, but the lady at Fluance said it should last for several years of normal play; will probably get a couple extras just to be safe.Great product, and has a better stylus than the $1200 direct-drive unit I was going to get (plus the RT85 is available NOW, not at some unknown date in the future). Runs whisper-quiet with no record playing. I listen with the dust cover attached and up, and haven't heard any weird vibrations so far.