AV system - thoughts and suggestions appreciated

[Borealis]

I've just moved into my new house and I've decided to set up the living room with a semi-decent AV setup.

I'm currently leaning towards getting:

TV: Samsung UE40H6400 or UE40JU6410

Receiver: Yamaha RXV379

Speakers: Tannoy HTS101

CD Player: Yamaha CDS300

I already have a fairly new Panasonic BDT170 blu-ray player.

As far as the TV is concerned, I'd prefer to go with the H6400, but I first need to see if I can get a freeview signal. If I can't, then I'll be settling for freesat and given that the JU6410 has a built in freesat tuner, it'll remove the need for a freesat box. The previous owners had a satellite dish installed, so it would just be a plug and play job to get freesat.

They also had the room wired up with speaker cable in conduits, so I won't need to run any speaker cables.

I have hundreds of CDs, so I would like a separate player.

Does this seem like a sensible set-up for the money, or would I be better off investing a little more for something better?

Any advice would be much appreciated as this is my first venture into surround sound, let alone an AV receiver! I will try to get a picture of the room tonight (currently waiting for BT to connect my broadband).

Andy

 

[Borealis]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I agree with the suggestion of investing in better speakers. After all, once they're up on the walls, I'm not going to be changing them any time soon.

To be honest, the CD player was an afterthought. I tend to play music in the study or garage while I'm working on something, rather than in the living room.

I live in Bracknell, so Reading is just down the road and has both a Richer Sounds and a branch of Sevenoaks I can visit in person.