Best speakers for around 1000

Jwilt, Some good suggestions above, but I want to add used Hales Rev2 which you can find for a good price. These aren't too big, real wood and sound great. Discontinued unfortunately. Good luck......LR

I would buy a pair of dahlquist dq20 or alon 11.both sell used for less then $1000.

Spendor S3/5 $799 + stands. No deep bass, but what's there is magic. Think of them as Ls3/5as with greater transparancy and a cleaner mid-bass.

I have recently "downsized" my living room system into something that looks better than my old Vandersteen 2ce's. I was prepared to spend up to $3k on speakers and the best things I heard in this price range were Proac Response 1.5. I also liked the look of the Vienna Acoustics Bach and Mahler, but since they had to go close to the wall, the Vienna's were eliminated. I ended up with B&W DM602 s2 which cost all of $600, plus another $40. No the B&W's are not Proac's but they sound a lot better than you would think for $600. They don't have the bass of the Vandersteen's but they have a better midrange, image better and can play louder. My wife, who is very picky, has not objected to their looks. The B&W's are also easy to drive.

Thanks to all for your replies. While I was compiling a list, the schmuck ran out and bought some Infinities. Sigh...