This is a very limited opinion and not one on which to base any purchase.
I'm not a price-tag junkie and almost every rod I've had was either mid range or one I made from low-mid range priced blanks. However, the one 'expensive' rod I did have (I got it at cost) was the Loomis GLX in 9 foot 5 wt. That was maybe 20 years ago. It was a canon and I wasn't ready or able to take advantage of its capacity for speed and distance. I wish I still had it. I believe it was the best rod on the market at the time and I doubt any company, including Loomis, has improved on the performance of the GLX.