Audiophile Boom Box?

I just returned from a few days at the beach.

Although I brought my iPod, I just couldnt bring myself to shove those Sure headphones in my ears, a practice I realized I now associate with stressful life in the big city, and I preferred to listen to the ocean.

Listening to the lousy TV in my room, however, I craved a bit of music on my holiday and had an audiophile flashback to the biamped a/d/s system of the 70's which came neatly packed in a briefcase with a Nakamichi tape deck which could be powered either by 12v or AC.

This made me think - is there any way to build an audiophile "boombox"?

I have a pair of Genelec powered monitors which are a bit lean sounding but otherwise quite punchy and detailed. If I could figure out a way to get true line out, or even better, true digital out of an iPod, perhaps that would be worth shipping ahead via UPS to my next destination?

Then I thought - eureka (?) - how about the quirky cult following for the new battery powered, tweaky digital amps?

Maybe a smallish pair of not too heavy monitors? With Sonic Impact, Red Wine or whatever digital amp? And true line out or digital out from an iPod?

This thread might dovetail with another current thread on extracting audio from an iPod without using the headphone jack.

But let's hear your ideas for traveling with high end audio on your next vacation!