My Mini hi fi is on the way out, and rather then blow another £200 on a replacement, I want to think about building up a system in the next 6 months. I know nothing about the techno side of this, or whats good and whats not, so Im really hoping you kind people can point me in the way. I'll have a budget of about £1000, though give or take a bit. I listen to a huge variety of stuff, though alot of it is heavy metal, rock though there is some blues, jazz and what not in there. My collection is purely cd based, so for the moment I dont need a turntable or anything else, though I want easy room to expand in the future.
what I think I want is
-A fairly decent cd player
- a good amp (though Its in a small room, so I dont need anything to loud)
-decent speakers. Probably floor standing, as I do love a good bit of bass.

I want the ability to push the volume, but I would favour clarity and depth over it.

So any help? Do you need to know anything else to help me?

Im really looking for pointers, advice and whatnot, because at the moment, Im looking on websites for stuff, and I dont know what much of it means :s

thankyou