I've found most speakers can work very well as long as the listening seat is flexible. You have to be open to moving everything around and see what sounds best.
A pair of Verity Parsifal monitors would be really nice and are sometimes found without the bass/subwoofer part of the speaker for under 2k.
I've owned Proac and Harbeth both nice too. The Harbeth's would bottom out when pushed, not ideal for loud listening so factor what kind of reproduction you are looking to create.