I've used it connected directly to my monitors (Genelec 1029s) and it has been great. Currently got it connected just to headphone as I'm abroad and that and my laptop and I'm set to go - master volume controls both synth output and all other non-TI sounds from the computer/sequencer for which it is acting as the soundcard.
Re Keyboard vs Polar: I think this depends on what your keyboard skills are like and whether you have any other keyboards in your setup that you're using. If you regularly use 2 hands and have no other keyboard then the keyboard version has got to be the way to go. I'm often using it connected to Akoustik Piano or B4 and the 5 octaves are invaluable to me, however good the Polar looks are. There has also been a thread about how the keyboard quality on the keyboard version is better than that on the polar which people like Ben Crosland have confirmed.
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