I need speakers for low volume listening -

Unfortunately the TC50s are to big for my application. I have had them and loved them. They were wonderful even for 2.1 movies.
Brian

dont know the rest of your set-up but when I added a quality preamp, lower volume listening was improved 100%.

If you need a small speaker and like the Spica sound, I would recommend the Audio Physic Steps from the late 80s, before Joachim sold the company. They offer a much more detailed sound than the Spicas, but are still very natural sounding. They have a much smaller footprint than the Spicas, but I don't know how they do close to a wall. Probably best far from side walls, though.

If the TC 50s are too large, I to will suggest a good set of headphones (with good headphone amp).

Rides2work. Forget the comment about the tc50s, as it was directed to the wrong individual. I still recommend a good headphone set up !