Spending far more on amp than turntable?

[Hifiver]

Have you or would you ever do this?

Does it make sense, instead of upgrading the turntable?

My dealer once recommended an Accuphase amplifier to go with my Well Tempered Lab Simplex 2 turntable. I heard one attached to my deck in his store and was astonished how great it sounded.

Accuphase are £5k upwards and my turntable is £2k.

Advice please?

 

[Jasonovich]

I'm not sure where I sit on this, my opinion changes like the British weather.
Back in the 80s, the WHF publication would advocate the source, what comes in, is what comes out, i.e. turntable was king and everything else in the system was secondary.
Mind you I think the Linn clan did much to shape that opinion.

WHF has long shifted it's position, flavouring speakers followed closely by amplification.
My personal view, I think the system needs to be balanced.
A turntable costing £80 won't do justice to an amp and speakers costing in excess of £5k.
Yeah it's about ♎ balance 🙂

 

[RoA]

I guess the further up you move the less it matters.

 

[skinnypuppy71]

My Avid ingenium plug and play sits well with my near 6k rrp Electrocompaniet eci6 mkii, although I confess it has had a few upgrades and is now more in line with a 3k turntable, After it's latest mod. Rega rb700 tonearm( bought a couple of years ago) has been off to Southampton for the Origin live structural mod and full rewire, it's came back a totally different unit.....for the better I might add...well chuffed with it.
I'd says it matters slightly less these days as technology has moved on, I'm pretty sure it was a different world in the 70's and 80's regarding turntable quality, but the newer models from Rega,Project are very capable, just don't throw in the cheapest turntable package with a high quality Amplifier..... and get the oe cartridge sold ( in most cases) they're usually not up to the standard of living with a amplifier at this level.

 

[daytona600]

Accuphase are £5k upwards and my turntable is £2k.

£4.5k for a TT , £500 for a RCM Source 1st " Rubbish in Rubbish out "