Monitor or fullrange ?

Green Mountain Europa
B&W CDM 1 SE
Paradigm Studio 20 V.3
Monitor Audio Silver S1

I believe any of these would do a fine job.

In that pricepoint you truly must give a listen to the Quad 11/!12L. There is a decent amount of information on these speakers here on the 'Gon but they are the absolute darlings of the British Press (11Ls have won product of the year - the last two years from What Hifi for example)

I've preached about these speakers in many threads :) - But you can dig up the threads for more info. But in addition to their sound, the fit and finish of these speakers is second to none, as my girlfriend will attest to. Quad's Website information on the speakers and their finish, etc. Best of all they should be in your price range, new.

For the B&W CDM-1, I greatly prefer the original model over the SE version. If you read literature saying the CDM-1 won all kinds of audio awards, they are referring to the original version. Was European loudspeaker of the year, among other things, when originally released.

The SE are not that bad, but use a totally different crossover. The original was hand built into each speaker; the SE is a different design on a circuit board and then plugged in. In my opinion they did it to simplify production and save money, but sacrificed some sound quality in the process.

Give the Ruarks a try, you will not be dissapointed.

Take a look at the Acoustic Energy AE1.