Paradigm Mini monitors are always very nice. You might consider the Marantz SR4021 and. To be quite honest by far your limitation will be Rhapsody as your source. The sound quality is not anywhere near CD. When you get things up and running do a comparison for yourself and you'll hear what I mean.

Buy a Squeezebox (SB) , 300.00 to wi-fi stream to your receiver or ditch the receiver and run the SB directly to powered speakers.
You can stream Rhapsody through the SB. The SB receives Rhapsody at 192 instead of the 160 bit rate through your computer.
If you download Rhapsody files through their to go subscription those files are 256vbr and SB will wi-fi those files from your laptop at 256vbr.

The SB also gives you acces to thousands of radio stations around the world as well as Pandora , Rhapsody and other services.