Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp

Look at used Klipsch Forte IIIs, should fit your price range.  I also have a 6-7 foot listening triangle and a 20 wpc integrated tube amp w 300b driving 845 tubes. I usually listen 55-60 dB levels, not too loud but loud enough to feel bass punch and textures of detail. I’ve integrated a 12 inch Klipsch subwoofer at a level where you can hear/feel the bass, but can’t “see” the subwoofer. 
 

System synergy important, as are room acoustics and speaker placement along with good, but not necessarily expensive interconnects and cables. When the lights are down low, and the tubes aglow, the speakers disappear and you’d swear Grace Mahya is in the room with you. 

You are overthinking this with this, size room 20 watts will work with nearly any loudspeaker.

Even with a low efficiency monitor 20 watts will get you plenty loud enough

Look at a pair of Elac carinas 85db sensitivity will be loud at 85db the roon is very small and 85db is plenty loud for such a small room.

so you can look at nearly any loudspeaker.

I would be more concerned, with impedance and current deliver, however most 2 way compact, and affordable, monitors will be easy to drive.

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect NJ

Elac, Legacy, Kef Atc , Dali, Cabasse, dealers

I would strongly recommend one of the smaller Revel PerformaBE speakers. The performance-to-dollar value of the Revel PerformaBe speakers is off-the-charts!!! Beryllium tweeters, super tight, deep bass, 90 db, and beautifully constructed. The combination of the smooth Beryllium tweeters and your tubes, would be a match made in heaven. For your room, I would definitely go with one of Revel’s small PerformaBE floor standers. You’ll most definitely get your money’s worth with Revel speakers .

I bought a pair of Opera Prima Bookshelf speakers made in Italy from Mikey at 11  stereo…just beautiful to look at and sound amazing…using a Naim Uniti Atom 40w per channel…for my wife art studio…just amazing…

Charles from Puyallup 

Appreciate all the responses so far. Having been away from this hobby for 30 years, I’ll admit I haven’t heard of half the brands listed. But there should be at least a handful of stores in the area available for demos.

@freediver, my original post title was getting cut off (apparently the “<“ character screwed things up) so I asked Tammy to delete and I reposted.

@audiotroy, the Apogees have 85 dB sensitivity and are 6 ohms nom, yet I’m cranking the volume well past noon to even start getting realistically “loud” levels. I will be getting an spl meter just to gauge myself, but my objective is to find speakers that offer more of that “palpable presence”, if you will.