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RT80 Classic High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable

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Product Review (submitted on October 20, 2022):

I've been looking at turntables for almost a year and couldn't make up my mind until Randy (Cheap Audio Man) on YouTube gushed on the Fluance line of turntables. What ultimately sold him is exactly what sold me. The removable headshell that allows easy needle swapping. Setup was simple, and because the price was so low, I was able to add some accessories like an acrylic, low static platter to replace the felt matt and small, reasonably priced, tube based phono preamp. I busted out my records and went crazy the night I hooked it up. The sound was clean, crisp and fairly forgiving of old vinyl. In other words, perfect for anyone with an old vinyl collection who can't afford the outrageous costs of good analog gear. Avoid those Bluetooth, USB bargain bin record players. They'll ruin your vinyl. Fluance should be commended for expanding past their speakers to provide young and old people on a budget to experience vinyl audio the way it should be, with rich, clean sound and simplified upgrade flexibility. The Fluance RT80 does have its own built in phono preamp, if you choose to use it, connect it to an AUX input on your receiver. If your receiver has its own phono input, you can hook it up there, just make sure, regardless of which preamp you're using, that you connect the ground wire or you can permanently damage your receiver.