I was looking in that price range a few years ago.
Had Wilson Watt/Puppy 7's, which have the same tweeter as the Sasha 1's.
The contenders were:
Von Schweikert VR 44's and 55's, YG Haley 2's, Sasha DAW's, Rockport Avia 2's, Magico A5's, Marten's forget the model, and Joseph Audio either Perspective 2 or the top of the line.
Bottom line ended up with 2 systems, featuring the Magico A5 in one and the Joseph Audio Pulsar 2 Graphene in the other.
In short:
The Schwekert's were too pricey and not as good.
Sasha DAW's not transparent enough (the new Alex V and Alexia V use newer tweeters and midrange that the DAW does not have and are fantastic, both too expensive for me).
The Marten I like is too expensive (Coltrane 3).
Rockports are warmer in tone, I had no local dealer so they were out.
YG also no local dealer and the Haley was more expensive than the other 2 speakers I bought, combined.
I love the A5, competitive in sound to my buddy's hot off the press Alexia V, at 1/3 the cost. He agrees.
The Pulsar 2 is also fantastic, but a "smaller" sound which slightly favors mid and high frequencies. I think the bigger Joseph models would give more bass in a larger room.
The PS Audio is interesting, but I haven't heard it. The review in TAS is worthless: Cordesman as a reviewer has always written in generalities and never really describes what something sounds like. He's been like that for 30+ years - I discount anything he says.
Hope that helps.