Low Cost Turntable - Incredible Performance

"The Fluance RT-85 TT has ,2% wow and flutter that some can hear,"

 "The Fluance RT85 has received uniformly good reviews for its price class,"

White paper specs are everything in audiophool land. Then there's whoever's listening.

My brother wanted to revisit his LP collection and bought the Fluance along with a Schiit Mani.

For $700, a surprisingly ear pleasing, low cost solution for anyone considering records for nostalgia or a 1st try

I'm impressed by $500K tables, but the Fluance is shockingly good for what it is. It even looks great with its faux wood veneer wrap.

@jimbennet ,

From what source did you get your wow and flutter information?

Read it on the internet. I did not write down site.

@tablejockey ,

Actually, I think it’s real wood veneer. Fluance states "real wood finish".

Either way, it’s a very nice looking, very good sounding table, and for the price, a terrific bargain.

Pardon the silly question, but what is wow on it own? what is flutter on its own? I only ever see it as a combined speed (in)accuracy term of "wow & flutter" but that suggests wow and flutter are two different things, including the 0.1 wow and 0.1 flutter threshold cited above.

Thanks. Tried googling it, but no luck. The best guess is that wow is long-term variation (say full revolution), and flutter is short term variation (1 degree). But what are the actual definitions? Reference?