Review Details

RT81 Elite High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable

Product Rating:

Product Review (submitted on February 18, 2020):

I'd like to start off by saying this is my third turn table in the same price range. I co-owned two others with previous roommates. This one hands down knocks any of them out of the water. There are two key features that attracted me to this turntable.1.) The weight of the plinth. This turntable has some serious weight to it compared to it's competitors. You WANT that in a turntable. It has four legs on the bottom that wiggle at the stem to adjust to it's surface and also absorbs some vibration. I threw on a record and just drummed with my hands all around the turntable and not a single noticable change in audio. I can not say that about it's competitors that I could easily hold with one hand. This is a sturdy turn table.2.) Lack of features is a feature. This has everything you need with no bells and whistles. No LSD RGB LED light show, no variable speed knobs to communicate with Satan on your favorite Zeppelin record. Simply pick 33 or 45 rpm lift the needle arm, drop the queuing lever and listen. The one little neat feature I do enjoy is the auto stop that can be toggled on and off in the back. After 10 revolutions after an album is finished, the queuing lever goes back up lifting the needle off the record. No automatically swinging the arm off the record and back to it's home where 100 tiny little parts are working together likely to break for a small unnecessary feature.Lastly setup was relatively easy. Parts that snapped on did with ease, the cartridge needle was perfectly aligned, first time I've ever seen that. My only advice is to watch the YouTube video they make on balancing the tone arm. I was a little unclear on how to do it with the instruction manual and made a mistake until I watched the video.All in all, would recommend this to anyone that wants to drop a little bit of money on a good turn table.