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RT81 Elite High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable

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Product Review (submitted on May 12, 2021):

I made the mistake of buying a janky victrola a couple of years ago pre pandemic because I had a few boxes of yard sale 45 singles I wanted to play. Well we all know what happens then, so I found myself with a few nice records and a junky record player! This fluance is perfect for me, auto stop, preamp, rpm selector, queue lever, and a decent cartridge. All those other player options like automatic queuing and return are just fluff. If you can't handle moving the tonearm by yourself records aren't for you.I think it uses a lower class motor like the inexpensive turntables do, but the speed seems consistent, I haven't measured it yet. It is a nice looking player with some serious hardware where it counts. I wish you could upgrade the platter to acrylic like you can with the rt83, but it sounds very good as is.My only complaint is the included silicone rubber mat creates a lot of static, I've been trying to figure out how to reduce that without a lot of expense. I've only seen a couple of options. I am thinking grounding the player might be a good place to start, otherwise it's either a different platter mat or one of the anti static gizmos.