Monitor close to the wall to replace Allison 4s


I have to have speakers against the wall in my office, so I have the second edition Allison 4s (2002), which are pretty impressive speakers. I am bi-amping them with 2 TAD 60s with EL 34s and they sound very good, but I wonder if a newer generation of speaker, thinking of Joseph RM7XL, Kitty Kat Revelator, Harbeth P3 ESR, The Clue or any other suggestions, would give better resolution, transparency and imaging? Can I improve significantly on the Allison 4s with a budget of $2500? Thanks!
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Denis- I was very impressed w the stacked pairs of the Clue that was shown at the NY Audio Show last month. $2K for 2 pairs w the stacking stand, IIRC. Driven my Hegel integrated and they were set up very close to the wall behind them. Never heard the Allisons.
Denis- they had a pair of Clue's for each channel, stacked one on top of each other, w a dedicated stand or spacer between the two, w the top speaker upside down so you got a quasi-D'Appolitto array. Woofer-tweeter-spacer-tweeter-woofer. They were set up on the long wall of a narrow hotel room, w two rows of seating about 8-10' away. I thought the sound was very dynamic w great PRAT. They are designed to be 2.5" or less from wall w significant toe in.