Runing a vintage (two input) amp with modern effects

One of the things I like on a vintage-styled amp is the use of parallel inputs. In the case of the Victorious 14, I have been using a direct path from the guitar to the High input, and a split, buffered path, through delay and reverb. That way I can get a lot more punch from the amp, and also can use some of its crunch without messing up the effects too much. Also it is okay to use "mix-dry/wet" type of pedal without loosing the direct sound, and also avoiding DSP conversion that some digital units do. The result gives me a great direct dry tone mixed with good warmer and balanced effects tone, and switchable trails (if I bypass the effect input).