A great speaker that is budget friendly for your range is a used pair of Reference 3A Grand Veena's that are on offer now for $2,500. I've owned three different models of Reference 3A speakers and have loved them all (also started life in the high end with Vandy 2C's, and later ran some Quatro's).
I actually was pondering snapping up these speakers as an efficient, tube friendly alternative pair for my main system, but concluded my wife would divorce me (we are down sizing, and storing a spare set of speakers.....well, it wouldn't go unnoticed!).
I actually was pondering snapping up these speakers as an efficient, tube friendly alternative pair for my main system, but concluded my wife would divorce me (we are down sizing, and storing a spare set of speakers.....well, it wouldn't go unnoticed!).