Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

Hi fellow LP12 fans! Interesting reading posted by the group! I too am a dyed in the wool Linn LP12 fan! My table is “full spec” Klimax level that I’m pleased to say began at base Majic level and was brought up step by step together with my dealer over time to include every latest upgrade, including the spindle only with exception of the latest Ekos SE (with longer head shell area and the latest Bedrock Plinth. I can only reply about the Bedrock by saying Wowww! and that’s about the price only. I have no comment on value or performance.  I’m responding because I feel so fortunate to have spent a meager $2,500 US to get a Bamboo CNC’d BooPlinth installed a handful of years back (4+ years ago). It was such a profound boost in performance that I was dumbfounded by it (and remain so today)! To the point that I can’t believe it never gained more market footing and respect.   Other than the price, if the Bedrock brings half the audio performance increase achieved by the BooPlinth you may hear greatly improved stuff!  As far as value relates to money, Your Mileage may vary! I’m glad I invested in bringing my plinth up in performance! It was a serious dollars to performance value gain for me!

Olskool

Hi daveyf, long time no talk!  Great to see you active here.  Since I’ve never heard the Bedrok I can’t speculate how much of a percentage the two play in comparison. As far as Cirkus to Karousel it was a surprisingly large improvement.  I will say however the BooPlinth was absolutely the largest single performance improvement to come through my LP12 and it would be quite a feat to outpace that by another plinth.  It seems Linn is confident in it based on list price.  Have we had a listening review of the actual table and plinth from someone who knows the sound with and without?

Olskool

Thanks for the note newton_john. I realize the sharing of the comment from another who had heard both was offered as one more twig of opinion in the campfire discussion of new gear for Linn and the price that accompanies it. I also agree with daveyf and lewm that certainly there is a lot more needed to empirically  state that one is better than the other. Now that we’re talking about it I’m not so sure that there could actually be a definitive means of claiming that (same old argument for us I think), considering all the variances involved; hearing acuity, personal taste, room, gear (solid state vs. tube) etc.  I’m just glad someone chimed in a while back about what they heard in reading about the BooPlinth followed by a fair amount of someones who heard the BooPlinth to cause me to take the risk to spend $2,400 US and buy it for my system.  I think one of the downfalls of our hobby is there’s a lot that can’t easily be demonstrated, especially in your own home system.  I guess I got lucky in that purchase that it all lined up for me as a great decision. Who knows, the  Bedrok might blow me away too, just not sure that it’s value proposition is enough for me to take the risk.  
 

Olskool