salesperson recomends what do you think

I would try to listen to Spendor 3/5's. I get excellent results with them in a smaller size room.

Well, I never heard of anyone regretting a Spendor purchase.
B%W seems never to be of one piece, tweeter here, mids there, bass somewhere else. I find them very fatiguing to listen to.

Johnny 53 is no doubt correct about Aon 3's , I just heard them once at a guy's house,he was using anti-cable SC which I loathe myself.

I have Sonus Faber bookshelf speakers and I really like them, and I would definitely recommend them. I have the Luito monitors which are out of your price range but I have listened to the Venere line and they sound very good well. Very rich and musical. Do you already own electrics or are getting those as well?

I owned B&W CM1 speakers before the Sonus Faber and I liked how they handled vocals though the bass and mid range wasn't quite as good. I like my Sonus Fabers better in every way, though, at three times the cost, I should.