What can $300 do?

OK audiophools, I need your help. A dear friend of mine (broke right now) needs a pair of speakers. He has Adcom amplification and a Micromega Stage 2 cdp which I gave him. Lucky him, heh? One hellava cdp, even 7 years later. Anyway, what can I get him on the 'gon. He wants me to go used and get the best for $300. Hey let's make it $400. I'm sure he'll go the extra century. What's a guy to do? Thanks in advance. I'm pretty audiophoolish at this price level. Here's what I was thinking about, used:
Alon Petite
Thiel Cs 1.2 (big maybe for that price)
Psb, don't know a model.
Help!