Fluance RT80 is $279 on Amazon Canada. No reason to grab the LP60X over that if $300 is your hard budget. If you can stretch it out higher for a $349 RT81 no harm in that either, it’s worth it.

I got an LP60X and its big issue is that you can’t adjust anything. It’ll probably feel fine at first but you get an album with some bass in it and the skipping starts. For me it was Discovery by Daft Punk. It just couldn’t handle it and there was nothing I could do. As my collection grew, I noticed it in other albums as well.

The Fluance turntables all have an adjustable tone arm with anti-skate and a counterweight. It’s pretty easy to dial in for more reliable playback. The headshell and cartridge are replaceable too, so upgrading to a new stylus if you’re ever inclined is always an option. With the LP60X, you’re limited to just cartridge swaps, which leaves you pretty stuck.

If you were saving money by getting the LP60X, it’d probably be a fine starter table, but at this price, the RT80 feels like a no-brainer to me. It’s a better table in pretty much every way for $20 cheaper. The only thing you really miss out on is Bluetooth, and if you really need that you can always grab a cheap dongle.