Agree with Tpreaves and Cmalak - get the speakers first and skew your budget to the speakers to make sure you maximise the potential at the end of the chain. If you think you would prefer tubes, make sure you listen to the speakers driven as such. Also, look for speakers that have sensitivity around 90db or higher as this will give you more flexibility when it comes to amplification.
I can also agree with the Cayin recommendation although the A88-T requires you to manually bias the tubes by opening up the chassis. If this is not to your liking have a look at some of their external bias options or other amps with auto-bias.
I can also agree with the Cayin recommendation although the A88-T requires you to manually bias the tubes by opening up the chassis. If this is not to your liking have a look at some of their external bias options or other amps with auto-bias.