Heh, asking about speakers will generate about a dozen different opinions, and everyone thinks they are right, lol.
In my own listening, I think the Monitor Audio Silver series is the best choice at your budget. I tend to avoid metal dome tweeters because they are bright/metallic sounding due to the metal breakup. The Monitor Silver is a ceramic coated metal and it's the best one I know of. I would say it is second only to B&W D3 series (which is synthetic diamond tweeter). The Monitor Audio will have extremely good resolution, especially in the midrange. Good body and fullness (better than Focal in my opinion). Crutchfield might still have a pair of "open box" Monitor Audio Silver 10 for $2k. They also have several Silver 8 models. Or you can opt for the new Silver series (such as a 300 or 500). If you get a Model 10 or 500, you might not even need a subwoofer initially.
NAD would still be a good choice as the Silver series is just a tad bright. (In my opinion, the ribbon tweeters of the Gold/Platinum are way to saturated/bright).