Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

@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.

The Boo Plinth and Bedroc Plinth are both machined from a Solid Board Material.

Where they differ is that the Material used to produce the Bedroc is a material that is produced for other Industries that are heavily regulated. The benefit of this being the Material the Bedroc Plinth is produced from will when being acquired to be used by the other Industries will have a Standard Attached for the Production to prove it conforms. This as the control ensures consistency across materials and for the Industry, they are assured the product does "as it states on the tin". 

Adopting these materials for use in Audio, does not require a Industry Standard to be in place with a Purchase, as there is very little risk of a catastrophic failure resulting in a risk to life. 

The Industry Standard for the material, means to the user of it in relation to Audio Purposes, whether it be a DIY Enthusiast or a Commercial Entity, that the material will be very very consistent as the end product being produced.

The Bedroc is a Material known outside of Audio as a Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board, which is produced using Delignified Wood, where the Veneers are  being Highly Compressed in a Heated Vacuum Chamber. The end product typically weighs approx' 1400Kg / m3. 

The Boo Plinth is produced from a compressed Bamboo Board that is a not known for the Kg / m3. Typically a Bamboo with desirable properties to serve as TT Plinth Material has been shown at 900Kg / m3. Bamboo Board can be found with a compression that is producing 1100Kg / m3.

Compressed Boards in general are not able to show the same Intrinsic Damping / Dissipation Properties as does the compressed boards which are produced as a Industry Standard - Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board.

It is the Intrinsic Damping / Dissipation Properties that is the main reasoning for the adoption of a Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board material by both the Commercial Entities in recent years and the earliest adoption of the materials at approx' 20 years past by the DIY Enthusiast. 

I can not recall seeing data produced for a 1100Kg / m3 Compressed Bamboo Board, only the 900Kg / m3 material.

In relation to experiencing Compressed Bamboo material as a Plinth, when used as the Plinth for a Garrard 401 not too long past, and the 401 TT model being one I know very well. I was quick to inform the owner of the 401 in use, the demo of the TT, was to my recollection the very best I had experienced.    

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"From $13,970" on linn.co.uk

Linn has a new plinth upgrade for the LP12.  

Wow, over $11,000 USD!