I spent a lot of time on the topic earlier this year, and settled on a pair of KEF R3s, a combo DAC/headphone amp, and a power amp. It's by no means a budget o

I spent a lot of time on the topic earlier this year, and settled on a pair of KEF R3s, a combo DAC/headphone amp, and a power amp. It's by no means a budget or discrete setup, but it meets my needs for high quality audio in my "workplace" and, like an A/V receiver and towers, can be used elsewhere. ;)