Thank you all for the excellent feedback thus far. I have been looking at websites that offer kits along with researching the speakers mentioned here. I would love to build one being an engineer myself, but I don't get much spare time, not until wife is out of school anyway, so sticking with a finished product. As for ATC monitors, I have no doubt they are good but none available used in my price range at the moment. Ditto for Fritz speakers. Anyhoo, I am quite intrigued by the Soundfield M2/M1 monitors. A bit out of my price range now but hopefully I can try them in the future. Good stuff AJ! To recap, I have recommendations for Ascend acoustics, Wharfedale 10.1/10.2, JBL Studio 530 along with the kits mentiond so far.
Any love for older Sonus Faber standmounts? They are pretty easy to find used on agon and ebay and most within budget.
Btw, I enjoy classical through my Sennheiser 598 cans a lot. That was one of the reasons I thought a smaller set-up close range would be worth trying.