Newbie - Replacing front speakers & going 5.0! Advice needed :)

Thank you everyone for your advice, I will definitely be comparing the Bronze 6's against the Silver 300 & maybe even the Silver 500. There is quite a big price difference, so they would need to really blow me away to justify the extra "sheckles" :)

Slightly concerned about mismatching my front speakers if auxinput thinks this is critical for home cinema, whilst music quality is a priority I'm not sure if I would want to sacrifice my home cinema quality too much. Of course... that does justify upgrading the center to a Silver C350 in the future :) I assumed that better front L/R would of improved the home cinema experience, not jeopardize it but it does make sense that the same model speakers work better together. Either way it would sound better then my current set up for home cinema and music would sound even better then with the Bronze 6's. 

I sat and played around with my receiver settings for an hour or so today... what a big difference a couple of tweaks can make. The YPAO doesn't work too well for me, it turned my right speaker down so much the left was completely dominant. Whatever it done to the equalizer however appears to of improved the home cinema sound. 

I plan to wall mount my TV one day so I can move the center speaker onto my TV unit so it is closer to ear level and more center to the TV. That will probably make a big difference. 

Glad to hear your a fan of Monitor Audio @erik_squires , in my opinion the they are the best looking and as I'm British I try to buy British where I can.

I'll let my ears guide me then (and my wallet), either way I'll be getting a massive upgrade so I'll be happy for a while... hopefully!

I quite like that idea of getting a pair of Silver 300/500 and then saving up for a Silver C350 as it will give me something to work towards.

In the UK they are doing massive discounts on the Silver 6 & 10, but the 8's seem to have all sold out everywhere in Black Oak.

On three way speakers with a dedicated mid range unit the key selling point always seems to be the dedicated mid range unit. This makes me wonder why would anyone buy a floor stander without a dedicated mid range unit? I could understand if budget was an issue but there are 2 way speakers for thousands, am I missing something?

That makes sense auxinput, thank you for the explanation. That steers me more towards the Silver 300 opposed to the Bronze 6. 

@tls49 that is a very good point, my receiver is only just meeting the minimum requirements for the Silver 300 and that's with 2 channels. I don't really want to upgrade my receiver... I haven't really had it that long so it would be difficult explaining that one to the misses. Could I get a separate amplifier to power the floor standers, is that what bi-amping is? 

Thank you auxinput & @tls49 , I am going to take your advice and get the Bronze 6 speakers. 

In the future I will upgrade the receiver to something more powerful, as it seems to be such a critical element I will get a high end receiver to future proof the system and deliver the speakers what they need. Even with the Bronze series it appears I am only just meeting the minimum requirements. 

Thank you all for your help & advice!