Here's a different perspective. My turntable setup has a MSRP of $30,500. This includes one table, two arms and two cartridges. My two pairs of speakers are harder to calculate but I paid a total of $5650. The speakers include a DIY unit so that throws off the comparison a bit. But if I just use the commercial set of speakers, the total speaker investment was $4000. Granted that was 15 years ago, but the current model (supposedly not as good) is $12,000.
Any way I look at it, I have considerably more invested in LP playback than in speakers. And the vinyl numbers don't include the phono preamp. That would make the ratio even more lopsided.
I certainly wouldn't recommend that everyone should have more invested in LP playback than in speakers. That is a personal decision each person has to make for himself. However, I can say that if I had the same money to spend on a new system, I would probably make the same choices. I would definitely choose the same speakers even if I had a much larger budget.
Any way I look at it, I have considerably more invested in LP playback than in speakers. And the vinyl numbers don't include the phono preamp. That would make the ratio even more lopsided.
I certainly wouldn't recommend that everyone should have more invested in LP playback than in speakers. That is a personal decision each person has to make for himself. However, I can say that if I had the same money to spend on a new system, I would probably make the same choices. I would definitely choose the same speakers even if I had a much larger budget.