FluanceRT85N Turntable with Nagaoka MP-110 Cartridge, Acrylic Platter, Speed Control, and Vibration Isolation - Piano Black

Amazing turn table. Sounds fantastic with the Fluance standing speakers, which fills a large room with high ceilings. Set up instructions were clear. Function and form are top notch. Excellent brand. This was a first for me, just a newbie, but a lot of research lead me to this option and I’m happy. The clear dust cover stretch easily, but other than that no complaints.

This sounds great. I replaced my audiotechnica table with this. This is a little more warm and full sounding. I would suggest their weight also of a different brand with the same oz weight.I love the auto start and stop feature - this is great if you’re unable to change the record immediately.This is a beautiful piece - well crafted!Strongly recommend for audio enthusiasts who want to stay under $1k, it won’t be beat!

I don't know what the standard platter would sound like, but this acrylic looks great and the Nagaoka cartridge is excellent. I almost went with the other version with the Ortofon Blue but chose this because I read on multiple forums:1. The blue ortofon can sound overly crisp, detailed and might "fatigue" the ears.2. The ortofon blue stylus (needle) can cost twice as much $204 at replacement time as the Nagaoka $70 and I plan to replace the stylus every 300 hours or two years. I don't plan on changing the entire cartridge, but will upgrade my speakers and even get a pre-amp maybe... before I then upgrade to a fancier cartridge.3. The Nagaota gets so much praise for its warmer sound and decent bass.4. BUT this all depends on your "vinyl-chain": the amp or receiver you use and the speaker quality so its all subject to these and subjective too.I get no wow and flutter (I have good ears and would hear it) and I don't get any sibilance from the needle. My old vinyl that has been in the back room for 25 years now sounds amazing in my new "vinyl room" (the old sun-room).It was fun watching youtube vids on what to expect to set up the tone arm and antiskate, easy. The 3 rubber feet work fine, I have no issues with the unit just turning off when record side is finished. At least it does not spin and get kicked out to respin again. It's fine for the needle to gently stay there if I walk away and return.I don't have any 45's and certainly no 78's so having 33 and 45 speeds are fine. I don't need a system or cartridge and needle that will play exotic mono and 78's when I have 50 years worth of 33 1/3 to play.The lift arm (I believe it's hydraulic) works perfectly: it lifts all the way and slowly comes down as expected.The tone arm is fine, but where the arm lock or holder clips over the arm, it is tight and the black has rubbed off very slightly. I might use a sharpie to dab it someday if it gets noticeable. I would not say (as others have) that this means it's a "lower quality tonearm", I feel it's fine and the tone arm gears and general feel is fine. If I really wanted a carbon-straight arm, I would have spent another $150 for those other brands but I was really pushing this at $500, so I'm really happy.

Excellent, sound, easy set up and looks great

I haven’t found a thing I don’t lie about this unit. I could gush on and on. Really go full on fanboy about the rt85n. It’s a budget offering that sounds better than any other audiophile entry table I’ve owned. It’s quiet, the sound quality is stunning for the price, it’s easy on the eyes. It’s easy to put together and if you’re new to vinyl, the directions are specific and easy to follow for set up. No issues at all since I received it. I frankly do most of my listening at night with headphones and I’m not getting any motor noise or audible wow&flutter. Just music. And the sound quality and stage is very nice. I’ve used both the onboard stage on my emotiva PT-100 and the venerable little Schiit mani. Amplified and through speakers the sound stage and detail is awe inspiring whether over elac debut b6’s or klipsch rp600m’s. The included Nagaoka cart (the primary reason I chose this model) is clear and detailed and frankly reminds me of HiFi units of days gone by. There’s a sense of being there amplified through speakers especially with live recordings. I couldn’t be happier, especially at this price point.

I love this turntable. It's very pretty to look at and sounds incredible. And now you can get the better stylus without paying extra. Highly recommended.

You pay for what you get. I looked at other turntables at higher price range. Then weighed what I was getting for the price. This is so high end for the price, you can’t go wrong buying it.So what do you get. One of the best stylists on the market. I love the acrylic turntable, and technology has come so far you don’t have to dial in the RPM’s on the strobe light. Tone arm is a tone arm. As long as it doesn’t stick in on the same spot while the platter is turning and follows the groove tracks, your good. Weight adjustment kind is sucks, but that’s because it’s hard to adjust to perfect balance before setting tone arm & skip weight. That can be overcome by buying a scale to adjust the weight. Only took about 2 minutes afyer I bought one. Spent about 1 hr trying to do it by factory instructions.Make sure you put a ground cable on it to Amp. Mine had tremendous feedback until I did, but that solved that issue.Easy to level, they send you a fisheye level. Don’t worry about getting it perfect though. If you reasonably close your probably good

Beautiful look, amazing sound!