Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

Here's a new video on the Bedrok:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqP4eHBSlI4&t=2s

Formed of orthogonal layers of beech placed under extreme pressure and heat to create... beech PLYWOOD.

I love my LP 12's but for this amount of money I would upgrade to an used SME Model 20. 

@weiserb There you have it…as the LP12 price increases, the options do as well.
I would certainly be looking at what the competition offers at the price of just a new plinth, never mind the full cost of the LP12 Klimax with Bedrok!

Linn must believe that their customers are so loyal that what the competition offers is irrelevant.

@daveyf there’s potential reasons why Linn are confident of that:

• Better the devil you know - Linn have never let them down before
• Many customers have Exakt systems and want to keep their Urika IIs
• They like the LP12 sound
• Linn know that Bedrok improves sound considerably and will bear comparison with the competition
• Despite the price tag, it’s less expensive to upgrade than to change deck, phono stage and probably cartridge
• Long established customer relationships with Linn dealers

For the US price of the Linn Bedrock you can get a brand new Rega Naia, flog off your Linn and buy a truckload of records.

No more weekly visits to the Linn Doctor, no migraines because the suspension has gone off, no more waiting for next weeks must have upgrade.

You get a TT that's commensurate with the Linn, and a truckload of money left over for records, other toys etc.

Like an old Bentley past its sell buy date, the Linn is a money pit.

More importantly do you want to spend your golden years fiddling with a Rube Goldberg TT , or would you rather spend them listening to music by buying a TT  that does not require constant fettling, maintenance, prayers ( to the Linn gods ) and extreme patience.