New speakers for $5000

first: the Totem is 7K.

out of a 3000 speaker models (approximately the current market) about 15% are around 5K. That’s 90 models, about 45 brands. (from online dbs)

I would ask the following to narrow it down 

floor or bookshelf?

minimum sensitivity?

two-way or more?

brand recognition?

preferred origin?

here is a sample list for your budget:

•  Acoustic Energy Corinium   
•  Amphion Argon3LS   
•  Ascend ELX Tower   
•  Audio Note ANK-LX   
•  Creative Sound S. Typhon   
•  Decware Folded Horn   
•  Devore Fidelity Orang.O/b   
•  Diapason KARIS III   
•  Dynaudio Contour 20   
•  Fritz PURIFI 6.5 BE   
•  Harbeth C7ES-3 XD   
•  KEF R7   
•  Klipsch Heritage Forte IV   
•  Mission 770   
•  MoFi SourcePoint 888   
•  Monitor Audio Gold 100 6G   
•  Omega Super Alnico Hg.XRS   
•  Paradigm Founder 100F   
•  Philharmonic BMR HT Tower   
•  PMC Prophecy 1   
•  Polk Audio Legend L800   
•  Q Concept 300   
•  Quad Revela 2   
•  Revel M126Be   
•  Rosso Fiorentino Pienza 2   
•  Sonner Legato Unum   
•  Sonus Faber Sonetto III   
•  Tekton Encore   
•  Usher Dancer Mini Two   
•  Wharfedale Elysian 1   
•  Zu SOUL 6   

Thank you very much.  I appreciate the insight from everyone. I can get a demo pair of the Totems for less than the Harbeths. 

https://speakerchoices.com/

In your system profile you have those Harbeths! What's up with that?

I plan to upgrade the Harbeths as they are many generations old.  Perhaps I should have been clearer in my post.