I really hate promoting and recommending gears I own, but I feel like I should pop this one in a mix:

Tyler Acoustics - Reference Monitor

You can find one used for $1200 direct from Ty with free shipping.
They are defintely worth saving up for, and you are only $200 away. You can always spend $1k on a pair of speakers with $50 drivers. What you get is $500/pr tweets and $400/pr drivers.
I think their rock solid cabinets and HQ cross-over is worth $300.
Scanspeak Revelator tweeters sound really smooth and have ability to sparke some of the highest notes.
At your price range, it is almost impossilbe to get a pair that will play "musical" bass. Of course they will all be toneful to their own, but fo all the sub $4000 bookshelf speakers I've heard, they are very well rounded. I can listen to them for hours and hours without any fatigue.

Maybe you can find a person near you who has a pair.
http://www.tyleracoustics.com/home_demo.html

just somem to think about...

JRA