Help! HiFi / Home Cinema?

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I'm not sure if this is in the correct catagory - but here goes!

Not being into HiFi technology, I've been used to listening to cd's and radio on an old combination unit and in car, and recently acquired an ipod.

I decided to look at something new to connect the ipod to and came across the Denon DM38DAB system (or at a push the Denon DF107DAB+)

My local HiFi shop did a demo of the DM38DAB with Q Acoustic 2010 speakers at £300, which sounded good. He also had some almost new Monitor BR5 speakers for an extra £150, which he demo'd and they sounded better again.

Having gone away and looked up the speakers, I see people selling the BR5's also as part of home cinema set ups, and got around to wondering about going down that road.

Is it practical to now combine the two - hifi and home cinema - thus avoiding the need to purchase more speakers at a later date?

If so, what sort of equipment would i need to look at, bearing in mind i'm not intending becoming an enthusiast, but would like to avoid 'bargain basement' equipment.

I don't know if setting a target of say £750 is ambitious or whether to go to £1000 or slightly above.

I have a Sony 40" HD tv with Virgin Media HD box and a Sony HXD870 DVD recorder plus an XBox360. The room is approx 14 ft square with a chimney breast on one wall protruding approx 2 ft. The tv goes into one of the alcoves pointing out across the chimney breast.

I'm not bothered at this stage about a Blue Ray player, as I was waiting for Blue Ray recorders to become more affordable if they catch on.

Bearing in mind that if this is not as simple an idea as I thought, then the priority is the hifi system for playing the ipod, therefore, what might be my best choice, maybe going up to £500 in that case?
 
2010 are more neutral speakers than the br5.If to chose id go for the 2010 even if the br5 add more scale to the sound.
 
Any thoughts guys? I also wondered about buying the Denon DM38 + speakers and seperate Home Cinema....maybe even one of the boxed packages.
 
Any thoughts guys? I also wondered about buying the Denon DM38 + speakers and seperate Home Cinema....maybe even one of the boxed packages.
 

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