Hi Kevin,
Any of the ones you've listed sound great - my favourite of your choices would be to go with the Ref 3As. That said, I could happily live with any of them. All have their strengths - in the end, it just depends on the sound your looking that's most appealing to you.
In addition to all the great suggestions, some others that come to mind that fall within you budget:
Focus Audio FS-688 or FS68E;
Mark and Daniel - any of the bookshelf series;
Aurum Cantus V2M or V3M (export series);
AAD PMM1;
Zu Tone;
ACI Sapphires.
Good hunting,
Garry
Any of the ones you've listed sound great - my favourite of your choices would be to go with the Ref 3As. That said, I could happily live with any of them. All have their strengths - in the end, it just depends on the sound your looking that's most appealing to you.
In addition to all the great suggestions, some others that come to mind that fall within you budget:
Focus Audio FS-688 or FS68E;
Mark and Daniel - any of the bookshelf series;
Aurum Cantus V2M or V3M (export series);
AAD PMM1;
Zu Tone;
ACI Sapphires.
Good hunting,
Garry