These speakers are going to be ready for sale in about a month (the first shipment is in the water).
http://tweakcityaudio.com/index.php?page...uemart&Itemid=1
I haven't heard them but Danny Ritchie is an excellent designer.

For a two channel integrated amp I would highly recommend the Virtue One/Two (I have the Two):
http://store.virtueaudio.com/product-p/vrtu-ia-ap11-1.htm
You can also switch a jumper inside to use it as a power amp. The virtue, however, does not have a remote control so if that is important you might want to look at the Outlaw RR2150, although, that would blow most of your budget.

For a subwoofer there is b-stock Outlaw LFM-1 Compact available right now (b-stock have free shipping). The Outlaw subs are excellent or look at the HSU STF-2 as another good candidate:
http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/stf-2.html

edit:
You know, Emotiva is just releasing a product that I was hoping Outlaw would do. An analog stereo preamp with HT bypass. What this means is that normally you would use it for all you music listening, but if at a later date you decided to go multi-channel you use an AVR and select the home theater bypass when watching movies. The bottom line you get the best sound for music and still benefit from multi-channel.
http://emotiva.com/usp1.shtm

So:
Emotiva USP-1 $400
Virtue One $290
WAF-1 $230
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$920

That would be an excellent future ready system and add a subwoofer later or substitute the subwoofer for the USP-1 using manual volume control and pick up the USP-1 later.