What you need will depend on which route you take, if you get a stereo receiver with built in preamp thats all you need with some speakers, if you get an integrated with no preamp then you need a preamp, if you get a power amp and a preamp, ect, ect...
What is your budget?
The Uturn looks like a nice table for the money....
I think this would make a fantastic little shelf system ,that you can also add another source too if you wanted, ipod, phone, ect...
MUSICAL FIDELITY M1 CLiC & M1 PWR BUNDLE at Music Direct I heard these and played with this controller, this stuff is very nice...
WHARFEDALE DENTON LIMITED EDITION 80TH ANNIVERSARY BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS (PR) at Music Direct {I own a piar of these they are really nice and super well made...
But that will be over over $2000 with the table and a behringer preamp... I just think it would look awesome together, but there are tons of options...
I own and love this tripath amp
Amazon.com: Topping TP60 Tripath TA2022 50WPC (80WPC 4 Ohm) Mini Amplifier: Electronics
preamps are cheap or expensive, emotiva just came out with one for 175 music hall has one for the same price, the behringer pp400 is $15 or so, rolls makes a $50 one, there are tons of them....
Speakers are the toughest part, I would say look for something front ported if you are going to put the rear of them close to a wall, and get something that digs deep without being to inefficient since you are probably not going to want a huge amp...
Since it is for aesthetics, you may want a tube amp, I have a jolida 202 they are around $1200 but it works really well and sounds good, not as good as ss, but it does the job, they are much more money per watt that is for sure...
So figure out a budget and let us know, maybe we can help with point you in the rite direction, who knows maybe you will want to add a cd player or streaming to it in the future... I find myself listening to music more than I ever watched tv...