Bookshelf speakers on a budget

Look at the Tannoy Mercury lineup - good value and performance.

Quite neutral and well balanced.

Depending on the model you may find a sub will provide significant improvements without the need for those floor-standers

Regards...

Want to build it yourself? The LM-1 or Jeff Bagby's Continuum are in your price range.  Figure you'll end up with speakers worth $1,500 to $2,500 speakers for the same spend.

I have no financial interest in you building either, but I did design the LM-1 and would love to have more people building them.

If you absolutely must buy, used Monitor Audio Silvers.

Best,


Erik

New Elacs designed by Andrew Jones are all the buzz. Cheers,
Spencer

I have to agree with Williewonka and Sbank. I have owned the Tannoy Mercury M2 speakers a couple of years ago and they are a VERY musical speaker and if you can find them they will hit your budget. A sub may be needed. When I had the Mercury M2 powered by a Hafler DH500 and the bass was good but the highs were so so. Like stated above you may need a sub.

Years later I just couldn't resist the ELAC Debut B6 speakers because of the price and buzz around them. With a pair of Red Dragon M1000 monoblock amps they were wonderful sounding. I felt the air coming out of those ports when I cranked up the volume. With a Jolida JD502P tube amp the B6 speakers were almost as nice. A little more warm in the top end.

YMMV and good luck with the search.

Dali Zensor.Zensor1 if you have a really small room,Zensor3 will give you BIG bass but will need a bit more room to breathe.BOTH will give you a wonderfuly musical presentation with excellent imaging & sound staging!