Ok, don't laugh now. Here is my humble opinion, and this comes from a guy who once spent 4 years with the Verity Audio Parsifal, a $ 13,000 speaker back then. (My review is actually still on Audiogon after all these years!)
I have owned countless speakers since, many between 2K and 7K.
My best advice would be to find a pair of Polk LSi15 speakers. The ring-radiator tweeter alone was used in many expensive speakers (Sonus Saber, Krell, and more).
It is an unbelievable steal that should cost you no more than 1K, and will put to shame MANY wannabees up to 4K and maybe more.
Better yet, if you can suffer some cosmetic issues, there is currently a pair here available for a measly $ 685.00
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1320418134&/Polk-Audio-LSi15-Pair-w/-Cherr
I don't think you can find anything around 2K that will perform at this level.
This is one I used to own and that I regret selling, simple as that.
Good luck