Bookshelf Recommendations

Wharfedale Denton 80th, it has LS3/5A kind of sound with powerful and elactic bass, some even prefer it over KEF LS50, which can sound fatigue if listen for long, search for forum discussions if you are interested, but remember to have a better powerful amp to drive it, the Denton I would say is medium sensitivity in terms of power requirement. Another option worth to try is PSB P5, it has balanced sound from a lot reviewers.

Legacy Studio HD......
Good luck.

New Paradigm Premier 200B $1000/pr retail...

https://www.paradigm.com/en/passive/premier-200b

Proac.  Anything in the tablette family, which sold for less than 2k new, so should be able to find used in the 1k range.   Great imaging.

They are one of the smaller of the bookshelves, which makes them easy for stand mounting.  I have owned numerous bookshelves and found some of them on the larger size to seem out of place on the stands.

be Sure to take time to set them up right.  Several inches can affect soundstage and bass.

Did the whole small speaker/high quality thing as well.  Results?  Small everything...you can’t circumvent physics.  Get a well made speaker with drivers capable of delivering the emotional and physical content of your music.  Think 12” woofer etc..  I’m still dumbfounded that my experiment with the JBL 4429’s has changed my perspective on the “High End” enormously.  Short of the $20k Speakers I’ve owned (which of course required oodles of cash for ancillary equipment) the JBL’s deliver an extremely uncolored, dynamic and extended presentation.  They can put you in the club with the musicians, if you understand what I mean.  They energize a room like few audiophile speakers can and do so without one having to break the bank on the rest of the setup.