Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

@newton_john No question, you are correct that Linn’s target market for the new Bedrok plinth are existing Klimax owners. I know of one such owner who has ordered the new plinth.
My point is that as the price asked increases to the sky, personally I would be becoming more discerning and make sure that the table I am considering will perform at the highest level. I would not, and will not, just keep jumping on the Linn upgrade band wagon without at least educating myself as to what the competition offers at similar price points.It does surprise me that the person whom I know who has ordered the Bedrok has not done this, but he falls into the category of high end consumer that shops by price, assuming the higher, the better.

@daveyf  Yup. There are so many wealthy folks nowadays with open checkbooks and not a care in the world willing to pay for high-priced toys. 

@daveyf

Your second paragraph is complete nonsense.

The price of the LP12 relative to other turntables hasn’t changed at all.

What has happened is that Linn, not for the first time, have launched a additional level of the turntable above the current Klimax LP12.

This is not going to make any difference to the sales of the existing LP12 range of products. Why should the existence of an additional option put people off the LP12 and push them to other brands anymore than they are already inclined?

It is actually a positive as LP12 owners now have another level to aspire to, even if they don’t want it or can’t afford it at the present time. How on earth can that make the LP12 less competitive as you imply?

As always, any development in the LP12 orbit brings out all the Linn bashers and those who are jealous of people with greater spending power. Why give them any more encouragement with that spurious argument?

Is there any truth to the rumour that a family in Scotland Klimaxed when they heard the upcoming price of the Bedrok. Or was that a Ekos in his pocket?

@newton_john you seem to fail to comprehend that as the LP12 increases in price that it now encounters more able competition. To the more sophisticated consumer, that now leads them away from the Linn turntable. Remember that the table still has several issues that are, at least to the advanced hobbyists, problematic. One is the fact that the table cannot utilize multiple tonearms, two, the fact that the current arm is not competitive at the highest level, and three, the table will always be susceptible to issues with set up, requiring a ‘fettler’ ( many of whom in the US are becoming extinct). I can go on and on. But don’t get me wrong, I am still a big Linn fan, just not a blind and besotted fan…the type that Linn are hoping to sell their plinth to.

Also,your second sentence is complete nonsense, why because by adding over $11k to the table for the cost of just the plinth, Linn have now absolutely changed the ratio of cost/value to their competitors.