Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

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

It is odd that the plinth would have such an impact on a spring suspended turntable. I can easily understand the power supply, bearing, sub chassis, but plinth?
The fettlers I have talked to in the past all assured me that the plinth was the last area to gain any SQ…which did make some sense. Certainly when I swapped out my original Afro plinth for a new Oak plinth, there was a step up in SQ, but not comparable to the bearing swap out.

@olskool

I saw some comments by a guy who had heard a direct comparison between the BooPlinth and Bedrok. I think it was in one of the Linn Facebook groups. He said that he preferred the BooPlitnth.

Ok, it’s only one person’s opinion, but at least it suggests it’s not a slam dunk that the Bedrok is better. That’d be pretty amazing considering the £6,000 price difference.

@newton_john The term ’better’ is extremely subjective in our hobby. To one person, ’better’ means the system sounds louder without strain, to another ’better’ might mean the system plays softer with more realism. IMO, in order to truly determine if the ’Bedrok’ plinth suits one’s taste in reproduction more than another upgrade, one has to actually hear a Linn LP12 with Bedrok in one’s own system..and room. Then determine for oneself if the cost of said improvement ( if any) is worth it to the particular persons pocket book.

I am aware that some folk order the upgrades without first hearing what their $$’s will buy them...personally I fail to see the wisdom in that approach.

What davey said, especially if considering an opinion from "some guy".