I'm considering setting up a dedicated listening room in a spare bedroom. The room is approximately 12x12, so it's on the small side.
I'll be using a Raspberry Pi as the playback device 99% of the time, and won't have my turntable in this room. So all I really need is the speakers and a good integrated amp. Obviously the integrated amp should have a quality DAC and sufficient digital inputs (USB, optical, coax).
This will be purely stereo, and I'd prefer to have a pair of full-range speakers rather than a pair of bookshelves and a sub. I'm not totally opposed to 2.1 though...it's just not what I'd ideally like to do. Obviously I don't want to go overboard with the speakers...they should be well suited for the small room size.
So, I'm looking for ideas on the integrated amp and speakers. I don't have a solid budget in mind, but $3,000 feels like it should be enough to get a good setup. Any recommendations are appreciated!