Speaker Selection with "difficult" room

Will the speakers fire down the length of the room or across the width of the room? How far will you be sitting from your speakers? How loud do you listen?

Joe22ny1,
Trying to get a handle on this room...
17' wide, 23' long. Speakers will be near one end with french windows on one side of the listening area and opens to a dining room on the other side of the listening area. Your seating position will be 8 ft in front of the speakers... Do I have this right? By the way average listening is typically 82 to 90 db. I find myself at around 86 or 87.
If this is correct and you want to keep your current receiver, you will need fairly sensitive speakers. I would suggest 90-91db 8 ohm speakers minimum. I would not risk 4 ohm speakers with this receiver... Next, if truly on a 5K budget. I would highly recommend you take
$1000 to $1500 toward a good integrated, then $2000 to $2500 on speakers and $500 to $1000 on a source and the balance on good cables....
If I have the room correct, We can give you some easy and inexpensive room treatments and make recommendations about speakers or electronics once we hear what you are dealing with. Tim