This is a fantastic turntable. Even my 40 year old records came to life. Love the built-in preamp that lets us use powered speakers without additional components cluttering up our living room. Just buy it if you are considering this model. To my 44-year-old ears, the sound is crystal clear and beautifully rendered with this machine. Don’t bother with a cheap all-in-one…we did, and I bought the Fluance less than a month later because the cheap player was so bad. The RT81 just oozes quality when you see it and use it. Thank you for creating a beautiful turntable that plays well above its price!

needs speakers

I don’t think you can do much better for the priceHOWEVER I believe my order requested the black model while I received the wood grain.

Replacing my Phillips 212 with the RT81. Couldn’t be happier with my purchase. Does everything it should easily. Very similar to the 212, belt drive, auto shut off. Just what I wanted. Plus it has a phono amp!

Absolutely beautiful turntable, well made, and incredible sound for the price. Couldn't be happier!

First record player I’ve purchased.

This is my first intro to vinyl so I don't have much to compare this to. However, I am very satisfied with the RT81, the sound is crystal clear from it. It was also set up perfectly out of the box and super easy to set up. Shipping was also very fast, and packaging was well put together. Fantastic purchase. For reference I am running the turntable through a Denon AVR, with Polk bookshelves

Very happy with RT81, it is well built, has weight and easy to follow instructions to get it setup. It is a beautiful turntable that operates perfectly. I have used it everyday the first week. listened to 4 or 5 albums a day. It is so great to hear my old vinyl albums. It is a good choice for the beginner or seasoned audiophile. one of the only manual turntables at this price with Auto-Stop!!!

First of all, let me start out by saying that the RT81 turntable is absolutely stunning! Sleek in design, the latest technology with a bit of a retro vibe. It came very well packaged and was super simple to set up - and this is from a very non-tech person. If I can do it, anyone can. I love this turntable and am sure I will get many years of play out of it!

The RT81 is a great record player for the vinyl enthusiast looking to get a solid first step into the vinyl world. The turntable has a very sophisticated look to it with the dark Natural Walnut finish. I did do some prior research to setting up turntables prior to its arrival so that did help setting it up a breeze.

Hard to believe that my 40 year old vinyl collection sounds better than it did back when I bought it. Love this turntable!

this is your turntable!!!! i'm not kidding this sounds as good as 2k dollar tables i've heard this is a serious piece of audiophile equipment. There is nothing basic or introductory about this turntable this thing rivals some heavy hitters costing x5

Very honnest product sound fantastic. You can tell the People at fluance love music ! I highly recommand.

Lives up to all the hype and great reviews! Outstanding value…would buy it again in a heartbeat.

great product for the price.