Bought as a gift and she is very happy with it. I was able to check it out myself and it is a really nice looking TT and operates really well. I like the auto-stop feature.

Really nice quality, excellent sound, at a fair price!

Bought this for a Father’s Day gift and was very happy with the purchase. Great Value!

Very impressed! Packed well, Easy assembly, and incredible sound. My 25 yr old turntable died and I came across Fluance on line. Reviews were good so I took a chance. I'm happy so far. Let's see in another 20 years. Thank you

High-quality turntable. Happy with my purchase. Solid design and looks high end.

Looks absolutely amazing. Each part in the box was securely and well packed. Assembling it was stress free and easy. Once I connected it to the audio receiver I was blown away by the sound quality. It is the best investment this year. Absolutely fantastic.

Great choice to listen to my old LPs and 45s discovered after 40 years. They sound better than ever.

My second Fluance TT. Have the "81" in my main listening area. My Marantz 6300 in the den started to give problems (not bad since 1974??) so I got this one. Very pleased as usual and confident in the Fluance product line. Wish they would make one tweek: when disc finishes that arm would simply lift off the platter..the auto stop takes to long and stylus remaining on the vinyl is asking for problems. Other than that first class and proud to buy Canadian!!

Fantastic beginner model. I love how easy the set up was, and the fact that the tone arm came assembled. The player delivers crisp sounds and having the phono preamp built in works great as I don't have a lot of extra room beyond the space for my speakers. I would definitely recommend this system to friends as a great entry point for the obsession.
Only downsides was the felt mat and the adjustable feet on the bottom. I'm planning on switching out the mat quickly for a rubber or acrylic soon enough. The feet work well enough, but take a lot of minor movements to get them right if you live in a slanted building like i do.

Quick delivery, easy setup, sound is fantastic!

Great purchase. Would recommend to anyone.

What awesome performance for the price! This thing rocks with the Ai40 speakers! Looooove it.

Quality

Just below a 5, better than a 4, the RT80 is terrific value in the $200 turntable market. Classy looks, built in pre-amp for added value. Solid performer great way to experience the joy of vinyl

Short version: Great turntable for the price, but I'd recommend getting the RT-81 instead, or preferably the RT-85 if able, which I absolutely love. (5++ stars for the RT-85). The RT-80 is decent if you have an inexpensive sound system, but the RT-81 will likely last longer for your enjoyment due to the better stock cartridge. (One star knocked off as the weight allowance for cartridge upgrades is limited, hence my recommendation for a higher model number).

Full review: For some background: I have a decent sized record collection and several DJ turntables for a DJ set up in my basement, but I wanted an easy way to have a turntable/vinyl listening setup for my hi-fi system upstairs that didn't involve moving my DJ turntables and wires around. (I've got a moderately expensive JBL surround sound system with a Marantz amplifier that lacks a pre-amp for my main listening room).

To this end I bought the RT-80 on sale after lots of research, and for the price it sounds pretty good--I was quite happy with the quality of the built in pre-amp (which I believe is the same one in the RT-81). The built in pre-amp for the RT-80 caused zero humming or buzzing even without a groundwire in my system, unlike the built in pre-amp on my much more expensive DJ turntables that cause a lot of humming/buzzing--so major points here for the RT-80.

However, because the rest of my sound system is so high quality and moderately expensive, the RT-80 didn't sound quite as good as I hoped it would to my ears--although I am a bit picky. For experimental purposes I put one of my Ortofon DJ cartridges (which was a bit too heavy for the RT-80's tonearm specs wise) on the turntable to compare sound quality with the stock AT cartridge, and was quite surprised at how much it improved the overall sound quality of the turntable.

This caused me some buyers remorse that I didn't get the RT-81 for the upgraded cartridge; but the quality was still so good that trying out the RT-80 made me decide to just go all in and get the RT-85 and buy a separate pre-amp to prevent any future buyers remorse. So I gave the RT-80 to my dad and purchased the RT-85, which I am incredibly happy with and can't recommend highly enough. The RT-85 has honestly now made me into a vinyl hipster after only a week with it so far, as I didn't know vinyl could sound so good.

If the RT-85 is out of your budget, I think the RT-81 will be a great buy for most, and is definitely worth the price difference from the RT-80 for the better cartridge. Overall though, the RT-80 is still a good starter table unless you have already invested a lot into high quality speakers, in which case you'll likely quickly want a better cartridge that the upgraded models offer.

I'm thus giving the RT-80 four stars, mainly because I found the specs on it as far as what replacement cartridge heads you can use with the table is somewhat limited and lighter than some other turntables (i.e. you can't later upgrade it to an Ortofon red or blue that comes with the RT-83-85, as they are too heavy for the RT-80's tonearm). Although this is the same case for the RT-81, the upgraded cartridge in that model will likely be all most people need if the RT-82-85's are out of your budget.