Very new to high end audio - Recomendations

You're in the UK ( £1000 ) ?   If you are , you must have some good audio dealers near enough to visit.  The kind where you can sit down and listen in hopefully an uncluttered  fashion, not some room just full of equipment.  An audiophile is an enthusiast like in any hobby.  It's the path down a road to hopefully get you where you want to be in the hobby of reproducing music in your home.  And starting with a quality audio dealer or two or three if possible where you can listen to several systems , setups in a no rush way  and staff  that really enjoy what they do and maybe explain why they like the equipment that they sell.  Simply accumulating a bunch of disparate opinions on the web will just confuse you more.  Go listen;  if you like what you hear, don't be afraid to say "I like that".

cheers @vitussl101 
Yeah I went to sevenoaks in cambridge for a sit down in their demo room, decorated in a typical loungeroom setting, no clutter eg, for the KEF meta. lovely speakers but I felt lacked mid and a bit of bottom end. the highs were sparkly though. not for me as loudspeakers in front of the room. Without the demo, I probably would have impulse bought. 

Steve59 is spot on.  You should be able to get a pair of used Meridian DSP5000s within your price range.  They are excellent speakers.

20 year old DSP with internal amplifiers would give me pause...

Might have to scrap new speakers for now, the missus just announced she's got a baby in the oven