Spica TC-50 and amp advice


I was recently given a pair of Spica TC-50 speakers and am not sure which direction I should go regarding an amplifier. In the meantime, a friend is letting me borrow his Baldwin 6L6 tube amp. I'll also be running a PS Audio IV preamp, California Audio Labs CL-10 cd player and a Rega turntable. I'm newly divorced and finally get to enjoy my equipment. My new living room is approximately 13'x14', and I have thousands of live shows I've collected through the years and want to be able to get the best out of what I'm working with. I've budgeted $500 for an amp and don't know which route to go. Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated.
jmaclr
I've owned several pairs of the TC-50s and was a Spica dealer for years. The amps, (in your price range used) I had excellent luck with were:

Forte 1A
Sonographe (conrad johnson design) SA250
Classe Seventy
Classe Ten
Aragon 4004MKII
one of the best small speakers ever made. the tc50 bill play incredibly well with the nad325 and the onkyo 9555. they are not fussy, so any quality integrated in your range will do just fine.
Those speakers are one of my favorites. They are an extremely musical midrange speaker. Actually, when you listen for awhile, you will really not miss the lows or highs...the mids are so good. Look to proven amp designs...Ayre, Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, etc. Use Anti-Cables for connections and you'll be happy.
Jaybo is right, "they are not fussy, so any quality integrated in your range will do just fine". Don't spend more than $350. A used integrated like Onkyo 9555 will be my first choice. You'll probably get very close result weather you spend $350 or $500.
It's amazing the different ampifiers used with the Spica TC 50's. I have had my best luck with a Dynaco ST 70 with Sound Valves input board. There are numerous other mods
done to it as well including a new power transformer, B+ power supply improvements. I'm also using a VanAlstine Super PAS 3si preamp and a Oppo 980 with Scott Nixon Tube DAC. I have a pair of TC60's also. I tried several solid state amps and they all sounded good but not as good as my
trusted Dyna. I have had many friends over and they were all impressed with the level of sound I had achieved.
I have tried to replace the Spicas with speakers that cost up to $5000 and the Spicas still remain. My room is 13 x 14 feet also. My first killer system was a pair of Spica TC 50's with the PS Audio IV a Spica Sub and SOTA TT with JS Technology Air Bearing Tonearm with a Sumiko Talisman S
LO cartridge. I embarassed a friends system that cost nearly $40k during the mid 80's. Vinyl was still king and I was enjoying it serving our country. Twenty Five years later I am on my 5th pair of TC50's and First pair of TC60's. I say tubes first and make sure the the power supply is designed properly. Good Luck and happy listening.