Suggestions short 3' tall floorstander?

I would take a look at Tekton Designs speakers. A whole lot of bang for the buck. For that price point(or a lot less), Mr. Alexander makes some fine products.

No interest at all, other than a very satisfied customer. He's a nice guy to deal with to boot...

Happy Listening

Spendor has some highly regarded relatively short floorstanders such as the 5e and 8e you might want to check out.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far. A couple of quick comments:

a) spending less? they should revoke your Audiogon account! ;-)

b) the acoustically transparent screen suggestion is cool, but won't work in my environment. Such a screen would need to be 2-3 feet into the room and I am dealing with a room in the main living area of my home, not a dedicated home theater.

c) my speakers are 12-15 inches off the rear wall. I *might* be able to go to 2 ft if necessary.

d) I drive the speakers with a Sherbourn 5/1500a. A "five monoblocks in one chassis" design, similar to some Bryston amps. Rated for 200 wpc in 8 ohms and 300 into 4 ohms.

Klipsch Forté III ;)

Klipsch Heresy IIIs...2 feet high and a world class sounding bargain at 99db efficiency, and there's simply nothing quite like these fat little boxes. Unlike Forte IIIs they need a sub or two, but at your budget that would easily fit.