SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth

chakster, if you are curious, Technics offered at least three plinths for their SP-10 series of motor units.  

The first, for their initial SP-10 was a basic box frame.  With the introduction of their SP-10 Mk 2 came the SH-10B5, a 38.2 pound composite obsidian plinth.  The SH-10B7 was similar but weighed nearly 42 pounds.  I thought there was another option but can no longer find reference to it on the Vintage Technics site.

Your teak plinth certainly looks nice, whether optimal for sonics or not.

thanks @pryso i like the way it looks too and for that reason i just don't like the obsidian base design aesthetically. 

Chakster:

Your teak wood plinth is very nicely matched to the SP-10.

@nandric 

Chakster, I own Technics SL 1000,mk 2 with Obsidan plinth

but removed the mediocre original feet and put AT pneumatic

 636 footers instead. The plinth is actually a frame (not guitar

box) like Lew's slate plints. The armbase is according to me

also suitable for 12'' tonearms. I use (10'') FR-64 s and there

is sufficient room on the armbase for an larger arm. Waht kind of

 ''Obsidian plinth'' are you referring to?

SH-10b3 - this is what you got? I'm talking about Sh-10b3 as the most common obsidian, i know there are few more variations, but they are very rare. Even the SH-10b3 is about $800+ 

Technics did something wrong with that SH-10b3 if it's not the best match sonically with their SP-10mk2 turntable? Why do we need heavier and bigger custom plywood plinth, is that an upgrade over the stock SH-10B3?  

Chakster, We don't "need" anything, but it is in the nature of audiophiles to believe that we can improve upon what the factory (any factory) made for us by spending money on a fancy substitute or building our own.  This is not always borne out in actual practice, of course, but we audiophiles have the additional privilege of relying upon only our own opinion to determine success or failure. 

Also, for every SP10 Mk2 or Mk3, there is not necessarily a factory-made obsidian plinth to be found at a reasonable price, if there is one to be found at all.  So there is no shortage of aftermarket entrepreneurs to satisfy the need thus generated.  I, for one, am very happy with the 80-lb slate and wood plinth I had made for my Mk3, and I spent less than $700 to get there.  In my dreams, I would have wanted to remove the Mk3 motor assembly from its chassis and mounted that into the slate directly.  But it's too late for that now.