Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

@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.

@newton_john  You make some good points, but to the typical consumer, like Dover above, the idea of a high priced table that may or may not compete with the competition, and one that needs a specific set up, is an issue.

i’m more in the middle of these two positions, personally, I like the table enough to consider it a keeper, but as the price for the upgrades sky rockets,I’m more open to looking at the competition. Plus, I think weiserb correctly pointed out, there are alternatives at certain price points that might be superior. 
Your point about the Exact users and others who need the Urika phono stages is valid, luckily that does not apply to me, and I would suspect the majority of folks.

@daveyf

Linn’s target market for the Bedrok is existing owners of the Klimax LP12.

Their choice is whether to stick with what they’ve got or upgrade to a Bedrok.

No doubt, they will be some who go for the upgrade.

The mere existence of the upgrade is not going to cause those who don’t upgrade to suddenly do an about turn and sell their turntables so they can buy Regas instead.

I am not at all sure why you think the typical consumer like Dover’s opinions on the LP12 have any bearing on this.

It’s not a matter of luck that you’re not an Exakt user. It was the result of choices that you’ve made.

It's the value of materials over the obvious extortion that bugs me. I've been quoted $800 to have a one-off block of Panzerholz, a CAD and a CNC waterjet plinth built for a Garrard 401.