In your price range and if I wanted the mini-satellites I would buy a Polk RM6700 speaker system ($900) and for mini-receiver the Sony STR-SL7 ($300), for a CD-DVD changer the Sony DVP-NC655P ($200) -or- the super-slim single-disc Sony DVP-NS315 ($100), cost $1300-1400 from crutchfield.com.
For beefier speakers, 4 x Polk RTi28 = $560 + CSi30 $200 + PSW303 $100 ($200 discount if bought with $500+ worth of Polk speakers).
Crutchfield has a no-hassle return policy (they even pay return shipping) so you could try them out risk-free.