floor-stander speaker for "classical"

+3 for either the Rega RS1 bookshelf models or RS3 floorstanders.

Given the small room size, you may be great with just the bookshelves.

I had the Totem Arros in a prior B system They can sound fine but only with a different amp with more "grunt".

Add in the Rega speakers to your Rega electronics and that "rega synergy" manifests itself.

Stereo Times review
The Rega R1 Loudspeaker - A New Budget Reference
December 2005

" ... Immediate impressions are a clear and transparent portrayal with very high detail retrieval, fast and controlled transient response, and superb musical timing, both in articulating rhythms and tempi, and in placing instruments within the temporal flow and context of the performance.

The RR125 is an outstanding mid/bass driver, sonically and musically right in line with the midrange performance of Rega’s amplifiers and phono cartridges.

Get the midrange right and everything else will fall into place. Get it wrong, and all the king’s horses

The Rega R1 becomes my new budget reference speaker. In addition of its ability to get the fundamentals of music right, it adds clarity and resolution, and an ability to lay out a vivid and coherent 3-dimensional stereo image. In small room applications, what more could you want?..."

Highly recommended.

I heard the Rega RS3 being powered by the Elicit with the Apollo as the source. The results were very disappointing... 2 dimensional/no bass/small scale/poor resolution/detail and lack of engagement. I asked the dealer if the speakers were "broke in" he told me they have been on the showroom floor for over a year! I'm sure better results can be had in a smaller room, but IMO Magnepan/Martin Logan and Vienna Acoustics offer more speaker at similar costs.

Rega speakers are designed to be used close to a wall and have plenty of the linear bass required for realistic reproduction of the symphonic foundation.

They are voiced on acoustic music and lack the hard-edge and mid-bass bump to match the way rock " music" is recorded. Guarantee you will sound better than Maggies in a room that size. Been there, tried that.

Flashy they are not, realistic they are.

Yeah, that room size is a challenge even for the Maggie MMGs. Someone
suggested the Silverline Prelude. For classical, especially orchestral, how 'bout
upgrading to the Prelude Plus. It's the same physical size with twice the number
of mid/woofers, which should lower inertial artifacts (overshoot & ringing) and
increase dynamic range a particularly good thing for clarity and dynamics in
classical music.

Plus you get the outriggers and real wood veneer, all within your budget.

My room is the same size and I use B&Ws which are well regarded for classical music. I would try the 600 series and CMs.

For classical music, I like BBC school designs such as Spendor, Harbeth, Stirling etc. or of of the more modern variants such as PMC and Proac.

I also use Proac Tablettes which have a natural mid but are not as resolving as the B&Ws.