Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please

@pindac 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395627466927

the seller has excluded shipping to many European countries. 

The Link was to only show the product with a guideline price.

The Brand Itself can be investigated through the Company Website, their is a vast range of Colours Produced which I am sure will widen the appeal for the material type. The Company if contacted, may be able to offer a delivery or show where the distributors are, increasing the likelihood the Material in a desirable colour and Dimension can be acquired.

It is a chore today to source these types of materials in small volume without incurring too much cost.

My Last purchase was a 2000mm x 1000mm x 25mm Panzerholz Board brought in from Germany, which was plenty enough for 10 x Plinth Blanks or Sub Plinths.

This was dropped of at a Depot, and I had a 200 Mile round trip to retrieve it plus the cutting fee for producing the 10 x Blanks.

All in I was not north of £100 per blank. 

I could have went with a different approach, but paid up to 300% more per Blank Dimension as the minimum uplift in price.

I also could have profiteered, but have not made one penny whilst assisting others have the experience of Panzerholz used in their audio systems. It is interesting that the materials that have been acquired very fair priced by the inquisitive individuals assisted. Where a plinth produced in this material for the TT’s selected, will sell on very very quickly. With the outcome to date, the assisted who are now advocates, still remain with their P’holz Designs and speedily make it known, using P'holz has offered something that gives the impression using it, creates the best Vinyl Set Up to date in their own systems.

Others with a different approach, prefer to charge significant monies to enable another to buy into to the experience of using a Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board.

Taiko was the first I become aware of who were to attach a Substantial Uplift in price for the material type (Panzerholz), with their DAIZA Sub Plinth. Approx’ £900 added to the base material for a Fibonacci CNC produced pattern.    

Linn has excelled further in showing what a Uplift in price for this material type (Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board) can attain, I’ve got approx’ £7000+ to CNC shape the Peripheral for the LP12 TT, maybe they used the likes of Clearaudio as a means to gauge a price in the Market Place.

I wonder what Clearaudio attaches as the Uplift in Value for their usage of the material (Panzerholz). They use 2 Different Board Thicknesses and can use up to 4 x Tiers of the Board. 

For all producers, not limited to TT Producers only, who have become adopters of using a material type, being a Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board, "It is not a Gimmick" , it brings something quite attractive to the influence on the end sound.              

So the excellent birch plywood used to make plinths has lost its "appeal" and has fallen to the bottom of the list of interesting things for  "good sound"?

Not necessarily.

Acoustical properties of Panzerholz

https://www.lessloss.com/the-virtues-of-panzerholz-ezp-80.html