Through that formative experience, Carlo developed and appreciation for good music, and for good sound reproduction. Carlo subsequently spent a lot of time in his room…As he grew older, he would spend countless hours in downtown Toronto stereo shops, listening to all manner of gear and picking the brains of the various store owners. This desire for knowledge-through-deconstruction continued through to the family’s 8-track tape player, turntable, headphones and speakers. The Fluance RT80 Classic performed flawlessly, tracking grooves without issue and the onboard phono preamp seemed to be of more than sufficient quality to leave the music unencumbered with any artifacts.Ī native of Toronto Canada, Carlo's interest in audio began at a young age when, unbeknownst to his mother, he started taking apart her transistor radios to see how they worked. What else could I expect from such an inexpensive source and old electronics? Well, my concerns were completely misplaced. In the back of my mind, I was initially worried that we’d be treated to flat, lifeless sound bordering on AM radio. We looked at each other with smiles on our faces and agreed that the resulting sound quality was certainly worth the modest effort we expended to put it all together. The bass sounded suitably deep and solid. Marina’s vocals were nicely presented with plenty of body and detail. Straight away the sound quality coming from this modest music setup was truly more than the sum of its parts. Unlike his older brother, this kid is a fan of modern pop music, so he spun up one of his current favorite albums, “ Love + Fear” by Marina. No, he was looking for something simple, credible, and effective, while I was also considering affordability as part of the equation. He also felt that something like my Technics SL1200 was a little too intimidating for him to want to use.
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Now this son, who has three different colors in his hair, a fashion sense all his own, and a room still full of stuffed animals is serious enough about his music that he didn’t want anything remotely resembling a toy or some trendy-looking thing masquerading as a turntable. My younger son conveniently expressed his desire for a table at the time that Fluance approached me with the idea of reviewing their entry-level RT80 Classic turntable.
My older son, now 18 and a major death metal fan, has been the contented owner of a NAD C558 turntable for a couple of years. These two perpetually iPod-connected kids that have been all about ingesting their content digitally, each asked me about getting into turntables when they respectively turned 16. If you had told me a few years ago that both my teenage sons would be at all interested in vinyl or turntables I would have laughed at you.
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