Great, Physically Unobtrusive High-end Speakers?

My room is roughly 18x20 with 8' ceilings. There's a fireplace mantle behind the listening spot -there are two rectangular openings in the ceiling on either side of the fireplace to promote warm air circulation from the fireplace to the upstairs

The area has an open floor plan with two large openings. One, about 7' wide on the back wall to the right of my listening spot, the other on the left which opens to a hallway, so there really isn't much of a side wall on the left.

Hence the room is not a symmetrical rectangle. Actually, if I consider the opening on the right which goes to the dining room, it's more like an "L".

Current speakers are Chapman T7's. Electronics are tube pre and mono amps. I've had the Chapmans for years and they were upgraded recently. I could not afford them now if I had to purchase new. They're about 11 or 12K I think.

Speaker budget is under 5K. I neglected to mention that. I saw pics of the Raidho and Sonus Faber online- gorgeous but beyond my relatively meager budget. I'll talk to an audiophile buddy of mine about Dynaudio- he has a pair but they cost far more than 5K. His electronics are also stratospherically-priced relative to my wallet.

I'll check out Totem online and hope there's a local dealer. This should be fun. I know a lot of folks love Pro-Ac and other monitors closer to my budget and I'll explore those.

Thanks for all the responses!

Maplegrove:
Can you kindly give me some examples of speakers that send the sound wave directly at the listener? I don't understand what you mean.
Thanks very much.

And thanks everyone else. Dunlavy is a brand I am not familiar with but will research.

I'm afraid the bug has bitten me again- after quite a few years of "being satisfied". :)

You guys are great! Thanks very much for all the input. So many excellent choices!

I should have a pair of "mystery" speakers to demo by the end of the week and will report back. If I love 'em, they'll likely be keepers and I'll let you know what they are.

Since I've awakened the sleeping audio bug within, dormant for about a decade, I've learned a great deal. Tastes change, room configurations change. Budgets certainly change as well as priorities. One example is I sure miss my old Linn turntable. I sold it to my brother to "upgrade" to something else, but in retrospect that Linn was a very fine piece of gear and I wish I had it now.

Ooops- I'm derailing my own thread with OT stuff. :) It's really about speakers.