I'll be spending a lot of time in my home office in the near future so i wanted a decent sound system in here. I dont want to take up too much space with a full AV system and i have all my media available on the network so it made sense to go with one of the fancy micro systems. After a bit of casual looking around, I went for this bundle with RicherSounds.
http://www.richersounds.com/package/...eals/pah011413
The Marantz MCR510 doesnt have a lot of reviews out for but it' shares the same internals as the MCR610 (Which does quite well in reviews) just without the DAB and CD player, neither things i have much desire for. The only other feature you lose that bugs me a bit is the bi-wire option... but that shouldn't impact things too much (right?) The MCR610 is around about £450 and this model, is around £250. No brainer really.
The Monitor Audio BX2 speakers again, have quite favourable reviews and seem to be £250 new.
So overall i have paid under £400 for something that would have cost me £500 if bought separately. I don't usually purchase speakers without listening to them, but this time im taking a punt!
I didn't think this was good enough to go in the 'deals' forum, but thought people might be interested.