UHF magaazine put a nice system together for under $1000.00CDN.

$1000.00US is pretty high actually and if you buy smart you can out perform a lot of systems for double or triple...and it starts with the speakers.

B&W DM 303 $350.00US
Sony CDP 355 300 disc changer(Why not have fun too) $160.00.
NAD C350/or 320 ~350.00US
Speaker Stands $100.00.

$40.00 left for speaker cables. Use interconnects that came with the cd player.