Best Speakers under 1k for me

@Ashoka thank you so much, that was the sort of "outside the box" advice I was really hoping to hear. Unfortunately one of the locations they would be installed is the double pane window covering half my front wall, so not possible with my set-up.

I'm seeing a lot of recommendations for monopole speakers, I feel like my room is responsible for the muddy, bright, headache inducing sound I'm hearing currently, could switching to an Open Baffle design help?

I just feel like switching my box speakers out for other box speakers will just give me a different flavor of the bad sound I'm hearing now, is this a fallacy on my end?

Very Grateful,
Jake

Sorry for the double post, Audiogon tripped me up with an error message.

Those Dali Oberons are gorgeous though, shame their not active. Seems like DSP crossovers are the way to go nowadays.

Kef LS50w looks very tempting, and I can spend my amp budget on that.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis961g3-tekton-design-impacts-including-shipping-paypal-fees-moni...

This used one is on sale at 1,200$ slightly over your budget.

But this one will be good.


https://hometheaterreview.com/tekton-design-impact-monitor-bookshelf-speaker-reviewed/

https://www.stereophile.com/content/tekton-design-impact-monitor-loudspeaker

There is a nice selection of fully warranted floorstanders for $1K or less, including:

• ELAC Uni-Fi UF5 Tower Speakers @$999.98/pair
  
• ELAC Debut 2.0 F6.2 Tower Speakers @$799.96/pair
  
• ELAC Debut 2.0 F5.2 Tower Speakers @$599.96
  
• Emotiva Airmotiv T2 Floorstanding Tower Speakers @$999.00/pair
  
• Emotiva Airmotiv T1 Floorstanding Tower Speakers @$699.00/pair
  
• SVS Prime Tower in black ash finish @$999.98/pair
  
• SVS Prime Tower in gloss piano black finish @$1199.98/pair
  

The Emotiva T1 got a really favorable review in The Absolute Sound. They also feature folded ribbon tweeters that are nicely extended, fast, and really smooth at the same time.