Turntables.....A point of diminishing returns?


   This post is sure to elicit many opinions. Everyone knows that a good audio system is a series of building blocks. Amps, speakers, cables, etc. To find the weakest block in any system can be a challenge to make a particular system sound as good as possible given the funds on hand. Almost anything can be improved upon. But, where does it end? There seems to be a point that an audio system, thru improvements, is about as good as it will sound. At least to the owner.
   No end to opinions about analog sound. Tables, carts, cables, amps, setup, and others. With all the renewed interest in vinyl, many are looking to optimize their current setup and others are content with what they have. Congrats to those. Other than looking at this as just a hobby, at what point does one just say...that's all my system is capable?
   I say this because in the audio world there is almost no limit as to how much money can be spent on equipment. If you fit into that category, I am envious. "Oh..Look at what this costs". But, as far as sound goes, is there really any tremendous benefit to spending mega dollars on equipment? I single out turntables because it's one of pieces that can demand those big dollars. One who can afford expensive tables probably has the funds for other expensive components.
   Look at this table. For $650k I wonder if it sounds many times better than the one I have.....
 http://www.dj-rooms.com/avdesignhaus-dereneville-vpm2010/

jrpnde
I recently purchased a turntable - just below ‘reference level’.
I owned a Rega RP1 and my budget was $5k but I preferred to keep closed to $3k. And I was prepared to focus on digital as my source. 
I listened to Rega tables with a Linn LP 12 as the upper end table. 
The Rega P3 had better dynamic range than my table. An improvement but frankly something I’d buy because the sound was comparable to a transistor radio next to my digital source.

I heard the P6 and the dynamics were a step change. The quite sections of music we’re almost quiet and the higher frequencies had more detail. I was thinking’I could listen to this over the convenience of streaming’. 
The P8 was next, and the quiet sections were quiet- the details in the high frequencies were defined and detailed and the bass guitar resonance was life like. 
I decided not to listen to the LInn table because I didn’t want to rationalize spending any more money.
Are there diminishing returns yes - at what level of spending that’s the $650k question