depends what you want out of your system really. I have a cambrige A5 amp linked to a pair of gale silver monitor speakers, i believe this setup cost me about £200 from richer sounds. As sound goes, the feed from my laptop goes into it and is perfect, i have the sound from my laptop set at 40%, and i can't actually turn the amp past halfway without a wall of sound hurting me...
Out of those two though, i would go with the panny