Vandersteen 1Ci, Tekton Lore Reference, or Fritzspeaks Grove for a small room

@pretender      Hi Pretender.... I have sat in front of a few of the Tekton speakers... to be fair, I haven't sat in front of the Lore Reference, but I have listened to the Lore and Lore S... Even though these speakers do some things well,  I would not consider them in the league of the Vandersteen or the Fritz....
Now to be more clear... I haven't sat in front of the Grove,  but I have purchased 16 of the woofers used in these speakers and am very versed in speaker and crossover design and can tell you that this will be a very satisfying speaker. One of my current speakers is an MTM using this woofer and a Scanspeak tweeter.... Vandersteen... the 1Ci is a high value speaker. You did comment that you wanted a floor standing speaker, if this is the case,  as long as your amp will competently drive the Vandersteens, They would be the way to go.  Another thing is that the Vandersteens are 8 ohm 90db sensitivity with no crazy phase angles, they won't mind tubes at all.  The Fritz use a HiVi D6.8 woofer, which even though HiVi spec's them at 87db sensitivity, I can tell you by experience that they measure 84.  I have to assume that they were figuring a finished speaker and an in room response. 
So with these 3 choices, for me it would be a no brainer going with the 1Ci.  I hope this helps, Tim

Though I haven't heard the Vandy 1's (I own the 3a sigs), I would not be surprised that they sound as good as hifiman says. 
To add a little grist to the mill, instead of Tekton, I would ask that you consider Zu Audio. 
I have a pair of Omen Bookshelf speakers for my office and find them very listenable. If you buy direct, you also have money back a trial period.
The Omen's also come in a floor standing model.

As far as not contacting Fritz, I would say do not be shy. 
A good manufacturer will not be put off by an interested client.

I bought my Vandy's used privately, but when I contacted Vandersteen regarding an issue, Mr. Vandersteen called me back, spent time diagnosing a problem, and even called back to see if it had been rectified. Now that is customer service!
And, though you hate to be a 'tire kicker', a good manufacturer understands that you have questions, and since they love what they do, will be willing to provide answers.

Thanks for all of the responses so far! As of now, I am heavily leaning toward the Vandersteens.  Regarding the Groves, I realize that they are stand mounted, but I seem to recall that they originally sold for $1600, and now he is advertising them for $800--which is a heck of a deal, in addition to the almost universal praise that he and his products receive. Speaking of stand mounted, if I came across a used pair of Reynaud Twins, I would snatch them up--I had a pair years ago in a secondary system I had at the time. For the money ($700) they are one of my favorites--I sold them to a friend, and he still has them (and won't give them up). 

I have not heard any Tekton or Fritz loudspeakers. I do own the Vandersteen 2CE Sig II and I think they sound very good for the price. I have found by listening many hours to these speakers that keeping them far apart and keeping 18inches to two feet to the back and side walls really allow them to shine. Placement is very crucial to the sound with the tilt and toe in.

I had both Vandersteen 2ce sigs and Tekton Pendragons.  It was no contest, kept my Vandersteens and returned the Pendragons to the manufacturer.  That was a couple of years ago, since then I moved on to Golden Ear Triton Ones and Twos (2 separate systems).  The Vandersteen speakers are the kind of speakers you can listen to for hours on end without listener fatigue.  The Tekrton Pendragons  were a very large and imposing speaker with very anemic bass in my room.  The Vandersteens in that same room and same spot had tons of very articulate bass, the Pendragons sounded like the woofers weren't connected.  Beware of trials in your home as that is what I did with the Pendragons and when I returned them, it cost me 295.00 via FedEx.  Never again.