Joey, I had given some serious consideration to the Joseph Audio Pulsars. Fantastic speakers really.
That being said, I recently pulled the trigger on a set of the KEF LS-50's that Gordon mentioned above, and I have got to be honest, they are nothing short of amazing in my (admittedly small) room.
I'm going through a pretty major system overhaul right now, trying to simplify without giving up anything with regard to sound quality. I'm running the LS-50's without a sub right now and they had at times overloaded the room with bass depending on the recording. I had been running them off of a cheap Denon receiver for awhile, but recently replaced that with a very nice integrated one box solution (Peachtree Audio Grand Integrated), that has really put a clamp on things (amazing what a real component with a great power supply and high damping factor can do). For $1500.00 I can't recommend them highly enough, and even if you somehow felt they were lacking in some regard you could always use them in a damn good "office" system. I honestly don't feel like I'm missing out on anything right now...
