looking for music

I'm in the market for small floorstander's and have run across the opera loudspeaker company from Italy, anybody have any experience with the Platea model? I am looking into that model and the Reynaud Arpeggione floorstander. Both seem very similar in build exept the Opera is all hardwood, but I am really more concerned with sonics. I would be driving them with a 35 watt tube and I have a small room 12x15x8. All different types of music listened to. Please feel free to suggest other models about this size that are musical and under 1200$ used.