I might have a different viewpoint here- I feel that it is not a good idea to excercise synergistic effects. Instead, I prefer that each component operate out of its own strengths, that you are not compensating for a brightness in one component by using a dullness in another. IOW there are no synergies, just strengths.
That may be the same as Raul was saying, not sure, but I thought it might be useful to clarify this. People ask us if our equipment is 'voiced' to work together, and it certainly is not, other than our amps and preamps are balanced and all-tube: that's the extent of it.
So this is why we take care with the RIAA- we have no idea what amp or cartridge will be used with our preamp; whatever coloration that might appear as a result will not something that is occurring because we were sloppy about EQ or didn't care. The response will be flat whether its phono or CD. If a cutter from the 60s had a problem, its not an excuse on our part to be negligent, all that results is now you have an instrument with the resolution to really know what is on the various LPs!