Eminents LFT VIIIa's are not 1k speakers, nor even that close any more.
If you think of that price for new and want something approaching full range and a more or less known quantity, then you have Vandersteen 1, Maggie 12, the 1k NHT floorstander reviewed awhile ago in Stereophile or a cheaper Triangle floorstander. 6moons also reviewed the tiny 1k Walsh speakers and claimed they go fairly low, if you want something slightly strange.
If you think of that price for new and want something approaching full range and a more or less known quantity, then you have Vandersteen 1, Maggie 12, the 1k NHT floorstander reviewed awhile ago in Stereophile or a cheaper Triangle floorstander. 6moons also reviewed the tiny 1k Walsh speakers and claimed they go fairly low, if you want something slightly strange.