A good brand in general, the rt85 is a super value at 500 because it includes the $200 Ortofon blue cartridge and an acrylic platter on a well made unit with good precision of speed. Plus it has auto stop, a rarity on high end players.
The trade off is no built in preamp, you’ll either need a phono capable receiver or standalone phono preamp ($40 for a decent one).
2. "I did a custom U-Turn Audio Orbit." In response to Reply # 0
Custom color and the acrylic platter, but I stopped short of adding the preamp.
The only complaints I have are that they released purple as a color option shortly after I got mine, and it's a little difficult getting the band right changing between 33 & 45.
6. "Still rocking with my Audio Technica LP60. " In response to Reply # 0
Had it since 2018. Got it to play some records that were gifted to me. Plays some of my records a little too fast, but it suits my needs. Sounds good and hasn’t destroyed my records.
10. "appreciate everyone’s suggestions!" In response to Reply # 0
Made this post a long time ago, did some research but never actually bought one until today. Ended up going with the Audio Technica LP60 Bluetooth version so I can connect to my headphones as well.
First album I played - Low End Theory, on it’s 31st anniversary!
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