Your final sentence is exactly what I'm looking for Cassp. As I said I will also have the karaoke hooked up for a bit of a laugh from time to time but a good quality sound with a bit of ooompph is what I want for the house.

Everything runs through a vs1680 so the effects aren't an issue and although they would also be used for monitoring new material I want something that will be acceptable in a few scenarios.

Thanks again for the reply.