Thanks Kingston, that's another vote for Marantz and B&W...
I tried to audition some 684's last week but the store was out of stock..
Instead I listened to Kef Q500 and the fabulous yet small Monitor Audio BX5's.
The BX5's sounded great, nice big soundstage with a tighter midrange compared to the 2050i's I felt..
Honestly the Kef's sounded dreadful in comparison, I'm guessing a bad match for the amp - Marantz PM6004.
I may try again to listeb to some B&W's, I may even drift from floorstanders to stand mounted
I have also started to reconsider the Yamaha RX-A1020 again, am I mad..?
This whole upgrade idea came from a Denon amp - the 2113, I realised it wasn't enough amp for me.
The Denon is hot!
Almost everything I was looking for, unfortunately it doesn't have analogue multi channel inputs
I have this notion of mixing in surround in my living room....
It's also a great price from Seven Oaks too.. so close I almost touched the finish line!
It's back to the SR6007 I think, hoping it's as good with music as the 7007 ...