I agree it’s an upgrade
And a very expensive upgrade I might add
And guess what - it will never stop, more to come no doubt in a year or few years or so
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The upgrades are not cheap. Keel is a good one though.
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They seem to have spiralled into silly territory though. Had to settle for a Kore a few years ago as a Keel could not be sourced at the time.
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Indeed. In my short time of Linn LP12 ownership I have done the lot. And they have brought out Radikal 2 and Karousel in that time. And now Bedrok!
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As Dan says the keel upgrade is a ripper , well
worth it
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Agree with your final paragraph Dan but to attract initial interest it needs to look expensive/quality.
To my mind, in the Linn material, it looks neither. The still images actually make it look as if it has been knocked in a couple of places.
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Would have to agree the images don’t look very inspiring visually - I wonder if the product might result in more pre-loved plinths as I really wish I hadn’t opted for boring matte black over 30 years ago.
From US$11,380, wow! Is it a bit too stiff?
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I enjoyed that, but it might be too close to the bone for some - especially as £9k gets you a fair bit of real wood worktop.
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I think it’s part of the new InfinitePoket range.
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If it’s any consolation, the black plinths tend to be pretty consistent when it comes to sounding good. I salivate at some of the plinths but I’m chastened by quite how crappy my Rosewood LP12 sounded; worst LP12 I’ve ever owned and it was bought new with an Ittok and Karma. All the best ones I’ve had have been with the standard fluted afro plinth, with the best of the lot made up mostly with parts marked as seconds by Linn - and God knows who that went to.
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Black hi-fi finishes seemed to be in fashion in the late 80s/early 90s and a nice wood finish plinth would have looked old-fashioned to me back then but I view things rather differently now as a bit of visual finesse would not go amiss. The matte finish is very slightly worn in places too.
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I share that sentiment. I might even be prepared to take a small sonic hit for something looking nice.
Incidentally, any decent paint finishing shop will be able to bring your plinth back to as-new. And we have much better paint these days, which won’t come off every time you wipe off a bit of dust.
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Yes and next to LP12 50 my personal view if you add this to a Klimax deck yes the musical uplift combined with a real drop in noise floor is really quiet superb, would I add this to a non Kilmax deck and expect the same results, well no to be honest
in my LP12 journey I would put it on par when I moved from Kore to Keel which I know is a strong statement, but loved the musical up lift from the deck
the deck was Keel, Urika 2, Radikal 2, Ekos SE (2) Ekstatik, into Selekt DSM Edition active so x 2 Orangik DAC, x 2 stero outputs KS - 1 cable into new 150 speakers so very good system - the system in the main room was LP12 50 , Kilmax DSM into 350 so nearly 200k system speakers alone 90k
and there were more comments on the 2 system to be honest which Phil set up
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I just replaced my original 80’s era Afro fluted plinth with a new Linn Oak plinth. The upgrade looks fantastic. Much prefer it to the older Afro fluted. There was also a nice uptick in SQ, but nowhere near as much as when i replaced the Cirkus with a Karousel.
Given the price of the new Bedrok plinth, I doubt the ratio of value to SQ will be anywhere near what one obtains from the bearing upgrade.
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I have always said Cirkus is great, the Karsouel is exceptional, with out moving off topic the bearing has always been the most important part of an LP12
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Call me crazy but it would be interesting to hear how a Basik LP12 in a Bedrock plinth sounded versus various upgraded LP12’s in stock plinths. Peter?
This looks interesting, I thought. Then I clicked through to the price: $11,380 (don’t know what it’ll be elsewhere).
So I ordered three. 
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Thread about it here. 
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