I get the fact that tubes and record players are like peanut and jello and tubes do need a more sensitive speakers, like these Klipsch.
My gripe is with lack of balance - aka 4-5 k in turntable and amp (if not more) and under $500 for speakers...
Not that this show is realistic in any other way
other than many outdoors street shots were made next to build which I work in
I have seen people do that sort of thing. Spend huge amounts on exotic components, and cheap out on the speakers. People really do it. So the TV show is not being unrealistic about the systems that people actually set up. If it upsets you, I am sorry, but that is what some people really and truly do.
But in this case, I think you are overestimating the cost of the components. According to your discussion link, this is the turntable (though it looks like there are two different ones in different pictures that you provide in the OP, as well as two different amplifiers in different pictures):
Pro-Ject RPM1.3 Turntable in White
It is only $499.
I think that one is in your first picture, with a different turntable in your third picture.
Now, if you can find the specific model of amplifier, we can find its price, too. But the price of the turntable is not totally out of whack with the speakers, if they are the Klipsch RB-51 II, which retail for $419.99:
RB-51 II Bookshelf Speakers | Klipsch ®
As for the tube amplifier, again, we need to know what it is to know what it costs. But you can get a tube integrated amplifier for a few hundred dollars, so it may be much less than you are thinking for it as well. Here, for example, is a Jolinda tube integrated amplifier for $599:
JOLIDA FX10 INTEGRATED TUBE AMP at Music Direct
Of course, it is not one of the amps in your pictures, but tube integrated amplifiers need not cost thousands of dollars.
