I would not buy a satellite systm for that size room, most are pretty bad anyway. Instead try some of the better, though not too big bookshelvs and pair them with a good subwoofer such as the HSU STF-2. You should be able to get with in your price range with a number of different brands.
If you are able to try out Paradigms or M&K, see how you like those. Otherwise you may want to try some of the internet only companies such as Axiom, Ascend acoustics or Apeprion. They all have a 30 day money back guarantee. I recently hear Monitor Audio R90 which were very beautiful speakers of small size that sounded very good too.
My room is 24 X 21 X 8 and I have an Orb Audio Mod2 system that works great. My front speakers are on the shelves in my entertainment center and the rear surrounds are mounted on the wall. I had Kef floor speakers before, but I am very pleased with my Orbs.
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My room is 24 x 20 x 9 and I have the Mod2 from Orb in the front and Mod1 in the rear. Works great. No complaints about output at all. In fact, I love them. They have a full sound and they solved lots of problems w/ the wife.
Mirage Omnisats and Nanosats are extemely good in a compact size as well.
They differ from the Orb speakers in that they use diffuse firing speakers compared to direct firing.
If you are able to get larger bookshelves Paradigm Studio series are excellent for music. As well I love the Polk Lsi series. The Polk Lsi9 offers significant performance in a bookshelf speaker.