Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget

A pair of Fyne F-701 bookshelf speakers with a pair of Rythmik F12 subs might do quite well and come in about a thousand under your budget.  I have the F-702s (floorstanding) and the Rythmiks and am exceptionally pleased with the sound reproduction quality.  Alive but not overly bright, excellent imaging, and superb tonal qualities.

If those high frequencies bother you, I recommend getting a Schiit Loki Max. I have one in my system and it’s crucial for taming those highs on tracks where they are too pronounced. It will also make speakers that sound great to you at all other frequencies except the highs a possibility where otherwise that one aspect might have been a deal killer. 

I’ll second the Dynaudio suggestions.  I am sensitive to high frequencies as well and their dome tweeters are very smooth and detailed without being overly bright. I have no listener fatigue with mine. They are also not overly picky on placement. The Contour series would fit right in your budget.

I also highly recommend the Joseph Audio Pulsars.  They are a fantastic speaker and you won’t go wrong with them.  The Perspectives are also great.  Somewhat out of your price range are the Wilson Sabrina X’s, used.  I have a room of virtually the same dimensions as you do (11x11x9.5) and I mainly listen to jazz as well.  The  Wilsons are simply fantastic in my sized room, and wonderful for jazz, but classic rock as well.  Stretch your budget if you can for those!  They are way superior to the Pulsars, IMHO, but are much more expensive.  Note:  I owned the Pulsars, and not the Pulsar Graphenes and Focal Diablo Utopia III’s prior to the Sabrina X’s in the same room with the same components, so I think that I can make a pretty good comparison.

How about a pair of Legacy Audio Signatures - very neutral with good extended bass, extended highs and no emphasis anywhere in the audio band. Expensive small tower sealed cabinet speaker that can be placed against the wall for right at 11k for the pair.  The high end is all air motion transformer of Legacy audio design. Very highly rated. I have a pair that are well over 20 years old that are still pretty good, but their newer designs are better.

Another one you might consider is a pair of Ohm 2000 floor standers. In that small a room you might find there would be no need for your sub at all, but they have a response curve that might suit you very well and a pair would only run you about half of your budget. Further they offer a 90 day trial period (I believe that is correct on the trial period) to live with them and decide if they are for you or not. There are others on this board that have these speakers and like them very much. Myself included. If you appreciate the 'live' presentation with a broad soundstage and the ability to be almost anywhere in the room and listen and hear a well defined sound stage from virtually any position to be of value to you, you should at least audition a pair.