The thing that has changed is the large amount of speakers that Amir has measured , and together with
@hardisj from Erin's Audio Corner and
@napilopez there are a lot to choose from.
Your budget and room size have decreased a bit but are still substantial. Getting Chromecast Audios is great because you seriously don't need more for streaming and its dac is plenty good if you have an optical in, plus plenty of cheap great performing dacs if you need one. More money for other things.
Genelec, Neumann, JBL and Adam on the active side, plus the new KEF LS50 Wireless 2 Meta is a substantial improvement over the old. That's a very convenient one.
Passive: Revel F35 or M105, or passive LS50 meta. I'll throw out the Philarmonic BMR as an option you probably haven't heard before and which Erin has measured. It'd be great for your use case when you have guests and need it to perform with people moving about and not at a smaller sweet spot. BMR Designer Dennis Murphy was recently looking for members to sign up for in-home auditions bc he was going on a road tour to show off the new driver and finish, not sure if that has filled up yet.
With the passives think about an amp for $500-600 from member Buckeye amps who builds Hypex at practically cost. Otherwise a steady performer like a Yamaha 701 that has an optical in and lineouts to add subwoofers if desired.
With the F35 open box/outlet price you'd have $ left for a subwoofers and DSP solution. Crutchfield has a very generous audition and return policy...