At $1k, I would look for really good bookshelf speakers instead. Remember, the deep bass will be dealt with by the subwoofer, so paying for the main speakers to do it will add extra cost. You can get better bookshelf speakers for $1k than you can get tower speakers for $1k, if you are only considering the sound from 80 Hz on up.
In fact, I went with speakers that retail for $1.5k that are bookshelf speakers; the tower ones (that would have been "voice matched" with the same tweeter and midbass driver) would have cost twice as much. But since I use a subwoofer (actually, a pair of them) for the deep bass, paying for main speakers that can go lower would have been a waste of money.
So, I recommend going to all of your local audio shops and listening to speakers at about $1k or so and thinking carefully about what matters to you in how they sound. Listen to as many types of speakers (e.g., ribbon, horn, dome, whatever) of as many different brands as you can stand, with music with which you are familiar, of all the types of music to which you listen (you might want to burn a CDR for this). Take your time, as mistakes can be costly.