Speaker Choices

I would look in to the B&W 804s they are nice speakers with the righ amp and they are in your price range.

I think you would really like the 2A's very nice sound full sound stage big image very life like....

I would stear towards the Vanderstein 3A or even a Vonshweikert VR33. These are both relatively wall placement friendly and very musical. These also don't require gobbs of power to run amplifier wise. Really depends on your room and placement vs furniture etc that will make a difference as well.