Thanks for all the suggestions so far.
Kex made some good points but DIY is out of the question as I have two left hands. I am not going to select equipment on AR members glowing report alone. I would just like a consensus so I can compare a decent MC set up to my own 2 Channel. As for parts that is all subjective. Take my Speakers. The Signature model is £4K more expensive than the base model. I auditioned them both and prefered the Signature. What was changed was the Crossover and the wires inside the box. Was the difference worth 4K ? Who can say. It was to me.

Sir TT, thanks for your reply and I take what you said on board. The reason for me doing this is I would like to find out for myself what all the fuss is about. And yes I do believe that most off the time the more expensive equipment gives you better performance.I worded the concert hall reflection in my listening room wrong and have corrected that with my answer to Feanor. What you put is exactley what I want to find out. Up to now my limited experience with MC has been not good. I just don't like active noise coming from behind me. I didn't like it with Quadrophonie and I havn't liked it yet. I can not see how integration with so many different speakers etc. can work.
So I have some suggestions of gear so far and hopefully I will get some more and I can start this project.

Peace

Bernd