You already have a lot of good recommendations... I'll add a few more...

Opera Audio Consonance Eric-1 Minimonitors at 1K/pr. (or their Eric-3 slim floorstanders at 2K/pr.). Info on these can be found at www.operaudio.com

Linn Katan minimonitors at $800/pr.

Legacy Audio Victorias (3K/pr.)

Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference Monitors (1.6K/pr.) www.tyleracoustics.com

Salk Sound Veracity Minimonitors (2.1K/pr.) www.salksound.com

All of the above are good and give a wide variety of price ranges (although none of them are Bose sized)...

My personal favorites for outright sound are the Tylers, then Salk, and then Consonance... The Consonance speakers may be the best overall sound for the money though out of the bunch.

---Dave