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I don't know, but if your listening room isn't larger than normal one might get much the same sound in the Magic S5. That is within your budget of $40k just barely. Find a pre-owned pair and it would be within your budget.
I also might suggest listening to some of the upper Revel models like various of the Ultima series. These are within your budget.
I also agree that swimming in sound is not a common expression and could mean a number of things. If you could describe in other terms what you liked or as a counterpoint examples of what isn't to your liking it might make more sense to us.
My guess is you meant listening to music the speakers seemed to disappear leaving what sounded like real musicians in the room and not speakers shouting sound at you from a hifi.
It's hard to describe in objective terms. The impression I had was that the music lingered in the room instead of dissipating quickly. The music seemed to fill every cubic inch of the room equally well. It was as if the sweet spot was the whole room.
As a counterexample, I spent some time listening to Wilson Alexia and it didn't do it for me even when played high volumes. I listened to Revel Salon 2 and that didn't do it either. Speakers that did better include Paradigm H9's and German Physyks Borderland MK IV. These had maybe 80% of the "swimming" quality as the S7.