Recs for an amp/receiver to push 2 outdoor speakers?

Denon receiver

Bose patio blasters

Just get a decent "stereo" receiver from and reputable brand. Don't need to go overboard for just that.

There are even several cheaper amps you can just hook your phone to as the signal as well.

I have an apple airport express ($99) hooked to an onkyo receiver ($250) wired to MTX outdoor weatherproof speakers ($240).

With that setup I can play any music I have on my iPhone (iTunes, pandora, spotify) on it wirelessly. They sound great and can turn them up loud enough to piss off neighbors on the next block if I wanted to.

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not a huge "stereo" guy... i assume you are saying you can just hook your phone up play music from it. thats basically all i want, but id be lying if i said i wouldn't want to hook my tv up as well. i have uverse and have wireless boxes so I can just bring out my tv and hooking it up to the speakers would be nice... but ultimately i just need something to push the 2 speakers for now.

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I quoted stereo because there is a difference between that and an avr receiver. Essentially you could do the same with TV if it has RCA audio outs.

It depends on what you want and how versatile/loud you need to be. If just want nice audio to watch a game outside then a basic bose system or even a soundbar would suffice. If you want to entertain and have an all out ghetto-blastin PA system thatll blow the balls off a charging rhino at 100 yards, the you could go with something like professional powered monitors and run them through a small 4 channel mixer board. I would recommend a pair of Mackie SRM250's powered speakers (10" subs with a horn). Rugged, proven, crystal clear and decent sized footprint. We had two sets of these as our stage monitors when i was playing alot of live music, and on off weekends we'd break these out at the farm and have a mighty fun night. Like i said, not knowing your situation, these may be overkill. If you live in avresidential neighborhood, then no way. If you are in the country and want a system that can excel at anything, head to guitar center and look for these or something similar depending on your price range. Also look into studio desktop monitors. I have a pair of M-Audio (M-40) i believe and for $150, its alot of speaker. I use them as mixing monitors for refording guitar tracks, but if we're having a party, ill open the windows and crank these and get some great sounds.

Yamaha A3000 and some Klipsch speakers. Control the system from a phone or tablet. Never have to put your drink down, inside or out.

All of these recommendations are overkill.

Do you plan on having a rock festival in your back yard? No? Well then, save yourself some dough and buy a Lepai Tripath amp off of Amazon. Use a higher power power supply (the kind of power cord that has a little black box) than the one it comes with - either buy one on Amazon or use one that went with an old laptop you have laying around.

I would buy a cheap stereo amp and buy some decent speakers for outdoors. They have a chance of breaking and they won't sound outstanding like a controlled environment (inside).

Yamaha for cheaper speakers
Yamaha

Polk for better speakers
Polk

Sony stereo receiver
Sony

Either have it in a well covered area or have it inside and run up the wall and outside.