Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000

Couple notes about the Heresys:

-used prices have doubled in the last 10 years, due to Klipsch raising their prices and now everyone who has 30-40 year old speakers for sale thinks they’re sitting on a gold mine. They were a decent deal 10 years ago for $500 used.

-if they aren’t fairly new, they likely need re-capping and possibly other work.

-as floor speakers with tiny stand they work okay if you listen to music on the floor. On a regular chair or sofa, images are too short (midget symphony!) so you may need proper stands which are big, heavy and expensive if you want good ones. Perhaps Ikea Lack tables might work in a pinch temporarily if they put the speakers at the right height for realistic images. Raising the height will reduce bass. Even on the floor they don’t put out a lot of low bass. Factor in a sub or two.

The Polk Reserve R200 standmounts sounded remarkable for their price at the recent AXPONA.  You should be able to find floorstanding R500 at your price point.

i kinda hesitate to recommend my beloved Linton because they exceed your price range and a used pair is hard to find.  But since the Audiogoners keep mentioning them, let me render my recommendation to you here with a reservation.  That is your Adcom 545, which has damping factors around 3000 at 50Hz, may not match with the Linton well.  Such a high damping factor may give the woofer of Linton, that already has tight bass, more control than necessary.  With my Parasound A23 (DF=1000), for example, the Linton's bass sounds a bit too tight to my taste.  Otherwise, I will render my reservation without any reservation if you could raise your budget.

Kef Q350 bookshelf  in walnut: $750 + speaker stands should be just under $1000.00

I checked and it seems the JBL sale seems like it's over but thank you for the head's up!