Patience has never been my strong point ... so I've bought it all now. I did listen to pretty much everything though.
Hopefully it will be delivered for this weekend. In the end the final spec is:
Arcam AVR 300 - running in 5.1 though and 'bi-amping' the front speakers for audio
Arcam DV79 DVD/CD player
Monitor Audio RS1 front speaker pair
Kef KHT 2005 (eggs) centre channel and two rear satellites
Kef KHT 5005 sub
QED cabling everywhere
I can't wait to get this setup and cranking!