More expensive = better?

Incredible that people think they listen to an amplifier.... For sure they sound different but most of what we listen to relate to the room acoustic coupling with the speakers...

Money dont buy audio experience with upgrading gear...

Acoustic do....

I dont say that acoustic is important i say it is essential....

Yes,  but there's a catch. 

Not all $8k integrateds sound the same. There are $8k integrateds disguised to look like $8k but sound like $2k so you've got to do some picking.

Buy what you want, when the receiver clips, and u blow a tweeter, …..

  I would stay with the SMC amp!

get an upgrade, best choice u can make!

owned receivers, preamps,. stereo amps, monos, etc etc….

 What you have is stellar! Build around it!

best choice u can make!

honestly,….

you would be making a backward step or a sidestep. 
 

 You can not beat headroom, and power. 
 

 I’m done. 
I’ll watch the messages……….

A more expensive amplifier is not necessarily better. For example, people pay a lot of money for Macintosh when there are other amps around that are far better and cheaper.

Having said this, there are some expensive amps that will give you a superb sound. Ypsilon, German Physics, Audionet for example are not cheap but are superb. There are many others.

Well that's why I asked. Great responses. You know my system may be the best I have heard. Doing the room does make the most sense. It's the how that's the unknown. Who is another question.