Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

Formed of orthogonal layers of beech placed under extreme pressure and heat to create... beech PLYWOOD.

I love my LP 12's but for this amount of money I would upgrade to an used SME Model 20. 

@weiserb There you have it…as the LP12 price increases, the options do as well.
I would certainly be looking at what the competition offers at the price of just a new plinth, never mind the full cost of the LP12 Klimax with Bedrok!

Linn must believe that their customers are so loyal that what the competition offers is irrelevant.

@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.