Review Details

RT85 Reference High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable

Product Rating:

Product Review (submitted on January 2, 2022):

I purchased this to replace a Project RPM 4. There was nothing wrong with it, but I was tired of having to manually change the speed by lifting the platter every time, and I couldn't change cartridges at will (I'm a firm believer that certain cartridges are better for certain types of music!).I'd seen many good reviews for this deck, it had the facilties I wanted, so took the plunge.It seems well built, looks good, and the provided Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge gives a satisfying sound, although I do still prefer my Audio Technica AT440MLb overall.Sound is superb and the deck is silent in operation, no hum.My only slight gripe is that despite being well built, if you tap the deck or lid you hear it through the speakers, so even though it's a heavy plinth and has isolation feet, it doesn't seem to soak up vibration that well, but that's a minor matter, how often do you go deliberately tapping the plinth?I think for the money it's an excellent turntable and one I'll be happy to use for the foreseeable future.