Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

So it IS Panzerholz-like or it IS Baltic Birch.  One or the other.  What is the base price of the latest version, Klimax?  I am guessing  in the $20K range.  If you own one already and now want the plinth upgrade for $9K or $11K, that's a lot of moolah. You could buy a Technics SP1000R and a Minus K platform and have change left over.

@lewm   The current Klimax model LP12 is priced at $30K in the US. The new Bedrok plinth adds appx $11K to that price. There are a number of competing tables at that price or slightly below. Whether Linn will be successful with this very pricey mod remains to be seen...although I know of at least one owner who has already ordered the Bedrok. 

I guess then that the wood used to form the plywood is Beech, not Baltic Birch. But "placed under extreme pressure and heat to create an entirely new, solid and massive material."

Is "plinth" the term the English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh use for what I’ve always called the "base" of a spring-suspended turntable? I like how they spell flavour, humour, and whilst.

I have a good friend who works with German sourced Panzerholz.  Yes, it is very difficult to work with but with modern CNC machines, it mills quite nicely although the “work time” is relatively slow.  I mentioned the Linn $11k plinth to him and he thought it was ridiculously priced and that some third party company will buy one, scan it, and produce a clone at a reasonable price.  

Thanks for the link.  Wow the Klimax LP12 (sounds like an adult movie) starts at the same cost of the new SUV I bought my wife.  Incredible looking and I’m sure sounding equipment for dreamers and those with the money to afford it without having to sell their car.