| I would go the mytek route. actually i DID go the mytek route. i had the rosetta 200 for two years then sold it and got the mytek stereo 96 A/D and D/A. I'm not gonna get into any sound quality arguments but they are both great in that department. the real thing is feature set. it sounds to me like you would get a hell of alot more use out out of a volume pot and headphone amp then you would soft limit and sample rate conversion. it would also be modular rather than self contained and small enough to bring just the DAC with a macbook and toslink cable to work through headphones anywhere. if that's weren't reason enough, call vintage king for a quote and it should be considerably less for both than the rosetta.
spend a couple hundred over at the GIK website. from what you've said that should leave you with around 1200-2000 if i understand you correctly, and there are plenty of good monitors in that range.
sorry just re-read the first post. keep the API and just get the mytek DAC. that should be plenty snazzy for just about anything. this is pretty much the same gear i run. geffell -> API -> Mytek amongst other things but i do use that chain fairly often.
but remember this is all the opinion of a stranger who may or may not have pants on
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