I have generally gone with the MSR line (after I finally got tired of the taste of aluminum from my old Camp Trails cook set).  My preferences (from least to most) are:

Alpine Classic (stainless steel)
Blacklite (coated aluminum)
Duralite (anodized aluminum)
Titan (titanium; uncoated)

All of my sets have at least a 2 liter pot and a fry pan (some of which require "upgrades" to have these components). The prices and weights of the sets roughly parallel my preferences ... higher preference; higher price; lower weight.  Unfortunately, if you want to go with an upgraded titanium set, you'd better be prepared to plunk down the price of a decent tent (unless you find them on sale, as I did).

The best overall choice (IMO) is the duralite set.

dd

p.s. If you decide to go with MSR stainless, let me know.  I can probably set you up at a price cheaper than you can buy (I need to make room for more stuff!).  I have a 3 pot set, a 2 pot set, a couple of the pots from the stowaway series, and a heat exchanged.  All are new, in original packaging.