Attractive Bookshelf - Under $3k

All the speakers in your list seem impressive.  If I were you, I will start by reviewing all the reliable reviews given by the reviewers you thrust and come up with a short list of three by elimination.  For example, Fyne Audio F500SP review by What Hi-Fi? was critized lack of dynamic agility although they were appraised impressive sense of scale, punchy and plenty of bass.  You might eliminate them if you thrust What Hi-Fi? and care about dynamic performance of the oudspeakers.  Upon obtaining the short list, you could start up the home trials if the manufactures offer.  Going into the store (if you have access) and take even a few hours of auditioning is not going to be enough for decision making based on my experience.  Worser yet, if you throw in so many choices to the Audiogoners and ask for advises without doing your due diligence, you will likely get nothing but even more confusions, not to mention the fact that the Audiogoners will always politely throw in more choices for you.

Salk rules!!

Beyond that, I got nothin ...

Aurum Cantus V3M

One of the nicest shapes and finish I've yet seen on speakers.

..and they sound as good as they look.

(I've had their floorstander V6M for >15 yrs).

Nice price, too.

Regarding FritzSpeakers custom finishes-

I usually have 5-6 pairs of my Carrera BE, Carbon 7 SE Mk2 & Carbon 6 models built in several different standard wood finishes and ready to ship within a couple of days. 

I have access to many different veneers and can custom build the cabinets in any Exotic veneer that anybody desires if they want to pay the $300 to $800 premium that those burlwoods & others can cost.  Thanks, Fritz Heiler

 https://glveneer.com/ecommerce/default.aspx  

ZZ Top may be "the little ole band from Texas", but Watkins Stereo and Loudspeakers is the little but GIANT speaker manufacturer from my hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee that has been blowing audiophiles away since the 1970’s. Bill Watkins, Sr., is the engineering wizard behind the famous Watkins Dual-Drive Woofer which he licensed to Infinity Systems, the amazing WE-1 speaker (a Holy Grail find now in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina), and the current Watkins Generation 4 Bookshelf Speaker.

I believe this review summary should give you thought about checking out the $2,500 Watkins Generation 4 in your search:

"Had I auditioned the Gen Four blind behind a curtain and had to judge its value in the hierarchy of high-end audio I would have been happy to recommend it even at a price tag of $7k. Its asking price at a fraction of that is partly due to the direct sales model—there is no dealer markup. It simply sounds like a much more expensive speaker. And I should add that the Gen Four felt comfortable in the company of far more expensive components in the price range of $15k and upward."