Small room Speaker suggestions

After checking out your system I would like to share my thoughts as I have a dedicated audio room of similar proportions (11X12) to yours. My experience follows. I tried several stand mounted monitors but was never satisfied with their sound. By audiophile standards Dynaudio Audience 52s and Von Schwiekert VR-1s were probably the best. The monitors I preferred however were Acoustic Energy Aesprit 300s because they produced the best bass.
Eventually I came to the conclusion that a pair of floor stand speakers don't really take anymore room than monitors and if chosen properly wouldn't overpower the room.
I have used five models: Paradigm Studio 60V.2s, Vandersteen 1Cs, Vandersteen 2CE Signatures, Meadolark Audio Kestrel Hot Rods and Meadowlark Audio Shearwater HRs.
Although they are well below your budget, I would suggest the Vandersteen 1Cs. They worked very well in my room. The Shearwaters are what I liked best but I wouldn't recommend them as Meadowlark Audio seems to be defunct.
If you're still with me the point is a pair of floorstanders don't take up any more space than monitors on good stands and can provide full range sound with outstanding imaging. Good luck.

I am a fan of single driver/crosoverless designs, and would suggest a pair of the very fine Omega loudspeakers, some of which can be found at good prices here, in Audiogon.
This genre of loudspeakers can produce marvellous music in small rooms, where a subwoofer would overwhelm the room, and the small dimensions of the room can actually enhance the interface between the speakers and the room, making a sub unnecessary for many applications.I hope this helps.
Regards.

Some good suggestions here already...I would add the following:

Aerial Acoustics Model 5 - excellent focus and punch, and will not cheat you on quality low end response.

Martin Logan CLS IIz - can be magical in a small room with the right amps.

Wilson Benesch ARC - very intriguing stand mount monitor at the top of your price range, used.

Energy Veritas 2.1 or 2.2 - excellent value and a very good sounding speaker, drivers integrate very well.

I am getting a pair of Green Mountain Audio Callistos next week, and would be happy to share thoughts with you on those, though it will take a while to break them in.

Happy hunting!

I was in a similar situation to you recently. I had been using a pair of Monitor Audio MA700 Gold monitors......very nice sound, but wanted to updgrade after about 9 years and wanted a little more low end extension. I ended up going with a pair of North Creek Music Borealis speakers. They are floor standing 7" two-way speakers. They are a kit....and are somewhat similar to Proac 2.5's. Someone earlier said that a smallish floorstander doees not take up any more space than a stand mounted monitor, which is true. You ought to check out www.northcreekmusic.com. you can buy completed cabinets and the full component kit for a total of something like $1600 and end up with a $3k speaker. North Creek uses very high quality componenet that you will not be able to match in your price range. The only issue I am dealing with is that these speakers like to be several feet away from the rear wall, which is a challenge in rooms like ours. Any way, enjoy the search. Sometimes I can get so darn wrapped up in an intense search that I start to not enjoy the process.....which is just crazy. I also think you can hardly go wrong with teh Vandersteen 1C's. They are great speakers for teh money.

I see some great suggestions here for me to follow.
The Green Mountains and vandy's keep popping up here and in the forums and have struck my curiosity. Although I thought the 6db slope crossover was not a very good idea for nearfield position. In my small room speakers are 3' from front wall and chair is 2' from back wall leaving about 5-6' from speakers. I have no preference to stand or floorstanding speakers as far as space restraints go since I currently am using Maggie 1.6s.(worlds largest headphones in my room).
Esoxhntr-
do you plan on using those in a nearfield setup? I would be very interested in hearing your results if so.
Thank you all for your Ideas.