Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

@lewm   The current Klimax model LP12 is priced at $30K in the US. The new Bedrok plinth adds appx $11K to that price. There are a number of competing tables at that price or slightly below. Whether Linn will be successful with this very pricey mod remains to be seen...although I know of at least one owner who has already ordered the Bedrok. 

I guess then that the wood used to form the plywood is Beech, not Baltic Birch. But "placed under extreme pressure and heat to create an entirely new, solid and massive material."

Is "plinth" the term the English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh use for what I’ve always called the "base" of a spring-suspended turntable? I like how they spell flavour, humour, and whilst.

I have a good friend who works with German sourced Panzerholz.  Yes, it is very difficult to work with but with modern CNC machines, it mills quite nicely although the “work time” is relatively slow.  I mentioned the Linn $11k plinth to him and he thought it was ridiculously priced and that some third party company will buy one, scan it, and produce a clone at a reasonable price.  

Thanks for the link.  Wow the Klimax LP12 (sounds like an adult movie) starts at the same cost of the new SUV I bought my wife.  Incredible looking and I’m sure sounding equipment for dreamers and those with the money to afford it without having to sell their car.  

Hey you furniture manufacturers in China here’s an opportunity to undercut Linn! China is already making clones of high-end amps. Plinths should be easy to fabricate and have considerable profit margin!