Advice on Integrated Receiver


I currently have two Monitor Audio Silver 300s.  I have a Cambridge Audio CAX81 (80w/ch).  After reading the reviews, the speakers sound a bit underwhelming.  I have a Rega P6 turntable hooked up for most of the audio content.  In looking at the Max Wattage for the speakers I realize perhaps the amplifier isn't letting them breathe enough?

The speakers are rated at 200w max with recommended 80-200w RMS.   Am I way off base in thinking I'm underpowering these?

What integrated receiver would you recommend to really drive these?  Budget under $5k

bound4h

See if you can find a used pure class A vintage krell amp. Those are 100wpc pure class A and will make just about any decent pair of bookshelves sing. 

There’s a Musical Fidelity A1008 for sale that I’ve found for $1,000.   Assuming the condition is as stated (9/10), worth it?

Underwood HiFi has the Musical Fidelity 6Si for $3k plus many other possibilities.

I’d like to say your speakers are fine but agreed with others regarding the sensitivity rating. If you can get “any” PBN Montana speakers you’ll be in love. I upgraded to them and had a nice Marantz 85 wpc running them fine. Once I jumped up to a Parasound amp/pre amp set up they opened up dramatically. They come up pre owned here and there…..

@bound4h I’d be in the camp that if you aren’t currently happy with your speakers changing the amplification isn’t likely to cause you to fall in love with them.  Amps will amplify no pun intended strengths or weaknesses of a speaker but it won’t change the overall sound signature of the speaker.  I’d be looking for new speakers prior to an amp.  I had a set of Focal Electra 1028BE’s highly regarded as great value, trickle down effect on tweeter / woofer technology in Focal’s more expensive offerings.  Some songs, music were breathtaking but overall the sound signature was too forward, bright.  Most of the music I wanted to listen to wasn’t as enjoyable as I wanted the experience to be.  I chased Amps, SS, Tube with the lean toward warmer sounding amps to tame the Focal’s.  In the end, got some sage advice and tried other speakers, focusing on speakers that had the sound signature I leaned toward.
 

If you go the route of a new integrated and same speakers - Coda CSiB if you can find one used will be under budget and it’s a beast - the pre and amp sections are fantastic - it drive just about any speaker.  Krell 300i is another fantastic unit but likely over budget even used.  The Music Fidelity Integrated’s usually get high marks for punching above their weight class.    
 

good luck!