Take a look at the Golden Ear Triton series. Good bang for the buck and the model 3 (at the top end of your price range) has a built-in subwoofer.
http://www.goldenear.com/products/triton-series
http://www.goldenear.com/products/triton-series
Bass driven floorstanders?
I am in search of floorstanders that can do bass without sub... Beside totem sttaf, do you see anything else between 1k and $2k? I have had vandersteen 2ce, great, but they happened to be too large for the room. Thx for suggestions!