I know the subject alone will prompt some to suggest I take my lossy files and move along BUT I imagine I am not the only music lover who finds themselves in this situation. I have 1000s of Mp3 which I may or may not replace with higher rez files one day but for now - I'd like to build a second system for the purpose of primarily listening to Mp3s with friends. I would like the experience to be as enjoyable as possible, which to me means a system that is somewhat forgiving and can handle just about any genre, with pop/rock being the primary focus. While most of our listening will be passive we do, on occassion, hunker down in the sweet spot and listen to a fav or two a little more critically. So, my question is this - if you were building a system for the purposes I have discribed what would it look like? I don't want to spend a ton, since I don't think the quality of the input justifies it, so I'm looking for a best bang for the buck solution... Again, the primary purpose of the exercise is to enjoy the music as much as possible. I should also point out I have an XBMC system in the room (running on a raspberry pi) that I would like to considering using as my parimary source.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions...