The resurgence in vinyl’s popularity shows no signs of slowing down. Plenty of new turntables are streaming onto the market, tempting a whole new generation to develop a love affair with a medium over 100 years old.
Turntable brand Fluance is a manufacturer of high-performance turntables and home audio equipment. Today, the company announced its RT81+ turntable, which was announced in a press release today from Fluance.
The RT81+ is the next step in the evolution of the Elite vinyl record player series from Fluance and is designed to upgrade the flagship RT81 model. The new model has a sleek and contemporary design and includes an Audio Technica VM95E cartridge, an upgraded and dampened aluminum platter, plus a built-in preamp.
The RT81+ has been designed with upgradability so the turntable can be customized. The Audio Technica VM95E cartridge fitted to the RT81+’s tonearm has an elliptical diamond stylus for improved frequency response. The cartridge is mounted on a removable headshell with an adjustable counterweight. This enables the user to swap the stylus with any AT-VMN95-compatible upgrade stylus. The VM95E cartridge has a powerful 4.0mV output, which Fluence says “elevates the overall tonal quality of the acoustic experience.”
Justin Koetsier is the product manager at Fluance. He said: “This turntable is designed to stand out and last for decades. It incorporates a number of unique features that reflect Fluance’s commitment to superior sound quality, upgradeability, and customer accessibility.
“In essence, the RT81+ aims to deliver an accessible, yet sophisticated and upgradeable, high-fidelity audio experience, embodying our vision of inclusivity. Even as products become more expensive, we remain focused on enabling customers to start with a base model and build it up into a high-end model over time, as they desire and as their resources allow. This is more than a product; it’s an enduring commitment to our customers’ evolving audio lifestyle.”
The new turntable has a 3mm acrylic mat and an upgraded dampened aluminum anti-resonant platter. The turntable’s newly introduced height-adjustable rubber conical isolation feet with three points of minimal contact, decreasing resonance.
The RT81+’s cabinet is made from high-mass MDF wood, which reduces vibrations to ensure the stylus provides the purest signal. Other details include a phono preamp from Texas Instruments and gold-plated RCA connections for attaching to an amplifier.
Users can connect the turntable directly to a pair of powered speakers, receivers or other audio devices.
Pricing & Availability: The RT81+ turntable is available now in Piano White, Piano Black, and Natural Walnut and costs $299.99 from Fluance.com and Amazon.com.
More info: www.fluance.com
Tech Specs:
- Cabinet material: MDF.
- Drive system: Belt/DC motor.
- Speeds: 33 1/3 RPM, 45 RPM.
- Wow and flutter: 0.2%.
- Platter: 30cm dampened aluminum.
- Platter weight: 566g.
- Platter height: 16mm
- Auto-stop: Yes.
- Turntable mat: Acrylic.
- Tonearm type: Aluminum static balanced S-type.
- Cartridge weights: 3.5 to 6.5g.
- Anti-skating: Yes.
- Cueing lever: Yes.
- Tonearm wire: 36 AWG Litz cable / 7 Strand
- Tonearm mass: 28.2g
- Overhang: 19.2mm
- Tonearm length: 224mm.
- Tonearm height: 17mm.
- Headshell mount: H-4 bayonet.
- Cartridge: Audio Technica AT-VM95E MM.
- Frequency response: 20 – 22,000Hz.
- Channel separation: 20dB at 1kHz.
- Connector: RCA (gold-plated).
- Preamp: Yes.
- Input: 100 – 240V AC (50/60Hz).
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 14.0 x 41.9 x 34.9cm.
- Weight: 6.4kg.
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