A rookie with 10K, seeking advise

i have 3 suggestions

1) the best harbeths you can afford (with correct stands), then a hegel amp to drive them - the best harbeths are very large though

2) the spendor sp100 (older or newer versions) is another excellent speaker that does vocals, jazz and classical oh so right - also a large standmount

3) then there are magnepans, get the best ones you can afford, provided you can place them correctly in your room (and leave money for the right amp though)

there is very good press on the new mission 770, but i have not heard them yet

all 3 mentioned above -- correctly set up in room -- will substantially outperform the wharfedale lintons in clarity, realism, and size/seamlessness of presentation

op

good advice from @mesch - learn more, see the big picture, before spending the big money

we who are experienced at this hobby tend to gravitate towards speakers as the key improvement (assuming proper placement and room, as always) in one's equipment choices, but that being said, it would be wise for you to share your source equipment in use currently - after all it is a chain, so garbage in leads to garbage out

as a noobie at this, we should not make common assumptions w r t what you are doing, what you have other than the speakers and amp you mentioned