Thanks for your honest replies, at the moment Iam building a new house in France, so all the money is going there, I have never listened to an "expensive" system outside of a demo room, so dont know what it will sound like at home, I do have a very good ear, in fact two of them, I was a classically trained musician in a past life, so music as been a love of mine for over fifty years, I also married a ballet dancer so we both like the same music, more or less. When I have added to my setup I tend to go off of the various reviews, so next year will see what left in the budget for a small update, as said there are worse things to spend your money on.