Thank you Justin for dragging this thread back on topic.

I can't find anyone who stocks the Mackie HD1521 at the moment, but looking at the spec's (1600w peak) I think these may be out of my budget (Be nice if I was wrong though).

I am fast coming to the conclusion that the Mackie V2's are the way forward for me ............................(unless someone knows better)

ps It goes without saying that I will be constructing my own actives as soon as I finish reading "Building Your Own Brand Beating Active Speakers for Dummies"