Hi ' pinderrr '
I think you can see, there is 'no' real answer here, because you could spend as little as £30 GBP on a tiny system and feel happy with it, you could spend the £200 GBP on the system and be even happier with it. you could spend £400 GBP and be even more happier with it.
The bottom line is, you get what you pay for and you are what you eat.
OK, so this day and age I could be more cynical and easily start a brand slag-off war by saying don't buy this, because it's bad value, poor sound, doesn't match the cats collar or whatever, but war begets was and never solved anything.
I would say do not corner yourself into finding a system to work with one style of music.ÿ Sure, it's best to find a bit of kit that works better for your audio preferences, but being open minded a little will extend the life of the system as it will grow with your musical tastes, phases and maturity, but ultimately not bottle neck any music/sound you want to listen too.
With all this in mind, I would honestly wait.ÿ Yeah, I'm the patient type and learned by other people's mistakes that rushing to spend your hard earned money, usually results in bad rash decisions.
So how long do you wait? This isn't a question I can answer, but one you can easily.ÿ Go listen to some kit!ÿ Take a couple of original CD's (meaning not music in a compressed format) and try your ears to some hardware.ÿ Start at the low-end hardware and DO avoid systems that are beyond you budget in this (realistic) lifetime, it will just either confuse you or upset you, honestly!
If you are strong and understand audio hardware then fine, dive in the deep end, but it could be overwhelming and make matters worse for you.ÿ I suggest hear the low-end kits from £100 GBP and keep raising the budget bar by listening to the next system up and NOT by the same brands either, but more by the value that their price tag represents and of course all the other requirements you expect from your system.
All systems and all brands sound very different and can't be always be judged by the budget spent on them, even though this is how most manufacturers usually do it. again you get what you pay, but you truly can get a good value system that sounds very close to something that might cost twice as much, but will vary in the type of environment you put it into, the style of music you want to hear and of course it's last-ability.
This is the reason you need to take a CD with you that you know very well and listen to the same tracks on the various systems.ÿ Again it's a little repetitive, but you'll hear the difference, believe me!
So the answer is, keep listening to systems and slowly increase the value of the system to see the difference it makes, when you feel both happy with the sound and the budget, your problems are half over.ÿ I say half, because you'll soon become a hi-fi nut and start living on the What Hi-Fi forums night after night, waiting for your newly bought system to bloody arrive!