Floorstanders will give you the scale right enough, but the bass is probably over emphasised and the Valdus speakers I'm not sure were Wharfedale's finest moment. I'm not so convinced by a lot of the current £250 models out there now, but the new Wharfeys look rather good and apparently sound it too. £200 well spent, but listne first. There's also a smaller floostander in the Q Acoustics 1030i, £200 in Richer Sounds currently, and I think they have a front firing port. Not too big, but well rated. They might be a good alternative solution.