More expensive = better?

I knew the Quicksilvers were good but when I put that Zesto in front of them I was blown away by how good they sound.  Just re-tubed with JJ EL34 

Gold revision is a darn fine amp!

 Look into upgrading to platinum, or what Steve and,Pat recommend. 
if the McCormack gold amp works great, no need to upgrade.

unless you want to spend some coin,  then upgrade the McCormack further. 
will be less than a high dollar integrated, and sound much better. 
 

enjoy, great gear you have. 

@honashagen 

  I meant a general blanket statement, that the McCormack monos will far better than many amps out there.

your gold edition is well above many amps out there, dropping a lot of money on an integrated will probably not sound as good, or have the headroom you have with the McCormack gold.

There are plenty of vintage amps available for less than $1K that sound as good as any of today's over-priced gear! I paid around $900 for a Perreaux 2150B - 340/680/920wpc @8/4/2 ohms. Sounds as good as any four/five figure amp!

@jasonbourne52 

Just when I think you couldn't say anything more silly, you go and prove me wrong...

Firstly, we would have to assume you have heard every four/five figure amp available. You haven't. I'd feel safe in saying you have not heard even one.

Now that we've dismissed your trite comments.

Better is so subjective that the question becomes moot. A 20K dollar amp may only sound slightly better than a 2K one, but it's up to the end user to determine if that amount of improvement is worth the 10 fold price increase. Some people pay big bucks for that last 1% of performance. And who are we to say they are wrong? 

On a smaller scale I have paid a lot for what some would consider a minor difference over what the thing replaced. But to me it was enough of a difference to warrant the cash outlay. To each his own.

Oz

@oddiofyl - Quicksilver gear is excellent; I had the tube headphone amp, and for under $1000 that thing is a steal. I've since sold it and moved up to Eddie Current and Auris Nirvana, but the Quicksilver served me very well for many a month....