Dude that's really subjective. Everyone has their own opinion of a good "deep sound". I personally like the rumbling of a big-inch motor and WOT screaming of flowmaster 40 series, but that's just me. It's REALLY loud, close to no muffler at all it mostly just shapes the sound doesn't quiet it much.
On the other issue, GET mufflers. Don't do none, you will just have to take it back to cut and install them later. If you choose flowmasters they come in almost every size up to 4.5" so you're good

I use flowmaster 40 series 4" in/out and it's really damn loud, never been pulled over yet but I can set off car alarms at 1,500 rpm cruising down my residential street, imagine how loud it is at 6,000. Deafining.
Are you doing single 2.5" pipe into single muffler or true dual into separate 2.5" mufflers? If you have a <400 hp stroker sb you should get dual 2" not 2.5 or 3 unless you're supercharging it. You'll loose backpressure if you go too big, means lost torque down low.