Turntables — Fluo Jubilee Turntable

The FLUO Jubilee is the only turntable made by FLUO. The Winchester, England, brand develops its products under the creative direction of IsoTek founder Keith Martin. The analogue side of FLUO is run by Kurt Olbert, creator of the RDC resonance deadening compound, and the Jubilee builds on more than four decades of his work on resonance control.

Key specs that matter

FLUO has not published a technical specification sheet for the Jubilee, so platter mass, speeds and tonearm details are not confirmed. The maker does describe the layout. The chassis consists of four independent levels, each calibrated for weight and fabrication accuracy under what FLUO calls its Defined Concept of Mass. The levels are anchored to four pillars, and each pillar adjusts individually to bring the deck precisely level.

Engineering and use context

Dividing the chassis into levels is meant to stop resonance energy and interference from passing between them, and FLUO says this leaves the drive almost insensitive to outside influences. The motor runs from a fully electronic control unit in its own chassis. It combines a microcontroller, a sine wave generator and an amplifier stage that holds the supply voltage stable at very low total harmonic distortion. A button press changes speed, a menu allows the platter speeds to be fine tuned, the motor drive is phase optimised for speed stability, and a display shows the operating functions.