Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

@newton_john  In your above post you stated this..” all other things being equal, there’s no way Linn would charge more than they have to for an upgrade”.

Have you seen the price of the new Linn Bedrok plinth! Or, the price of the LP12 50th in the US! Seems like Thomas O’Keefe is having a hard time selling his…on this site at a significant discount! Maybe that should tell us something?
 

Who was it who said, ‘l love tariffs’.  Yes we all know!

From what l understand and pure logic is the 20% import duty….tariff goes straight into the US coffers so Americans consumers just pay more, not the exporter.

With regard to the proposed 20% on Linn products already outlined in posts l say this……

1. The UK has a trade deficit with the US so just that fact and from a sound accounting perspective adding tariffs from the UK is just plain stupid. So no UK ripping off the old US of A from over here.
 

2. It only makes sense to tariff countries who buy less from you as they are the ones (in your leaders eyes, or perhaps a brain) that arguably have been ripping off the poor old USA.

3. Tariffs are not amazing….they just create trade wars, ruin free choice, inflate prices for the consumer and stifle economic growth. 

There….l’ve gone and said it now

@mylogic   Your logic on tariffs is correct. 

Only the market will determine if the Bedrok is under-priced, over-priced or right-priced.  The market will always be changing, and the more uncertain people feel, the less they will spend on discretionary items.

Get pricing wrong in general, and your company is headed for failure, or at least towards the arms of a corporate raider or new profit-oriented CEO.  They know the simplest way to increase profits is to slash Research and Development and we know the simplest way to destroy a tech company is to stop R&D.

The Germans revere their engineers and give them titles the way we identify medical doctors.  Not surprisingly, they have a culture which builds companies for the long haul.  They also seem to take an opposite path to audio nirvana, using disks where the US favours streaming.  Munich Show anyone?

@olskool   I was also wondering about the Boo Plinth upgrade.  My local Linn dealer, the oldest in the city, now close to forty-five years, once told me that the lightest plinth available, that would have been Black Ash, was the best sounding version.  I understand the Bamboo plinth being lighter than the Bedrocks compressed Beechwood, could outperform it.  I haven't found any comparison reviews, not to mention hardly any mention of the Boo plinth anywhere.