What stereo receiver should I get if I own two 8 ohm speakers?

I own two 8 ohm speakers that both say 200W on them. I would assume I would need a stereo receiver that has the same impedance and gives 100W per channel. At the same time, those kinds of receivers seem to be on the more expensive side (I checked out the ones sold by Yamaha) and I would like to be able to use my iPhone 6 through the means of a dual aux cable or Bluetooth, yet I'm having difficulty finding one.

So my questions are: what are the minimum specs for a stereo receiver I can get away with, what are the optimal specs I can get away with, and what is a reasonably priced stereo receiver currently on the market that can support an iphone 6?

. Virtually any amplifier will work with those speakers. Home stereos are almost always meant for use with 8 ohm speakers. The 200W rating means those speakers can handle UP TO 200W each, but don't go looking for a 200W/channel amp. Even 100W is more than enough. That 200W is probably just the made-up gibberish they put on cheap speakers to make people think they are "loud."

Frankly, we'd need to know the make and model of the speakers in question. Because many makers of cheap speakers LIE about the specs of their products.

On top of which is the fact that such specs don't mean the minimum you need, they define the maximum that you could put in.

Frankly, any decent receiver, from a 20 watts per channel model would be just fine. Just find one with the features that you are looking for.

A lot depends on how sensitive the speakers are how lively your room is and how large of a room and also the size of the speakers and preferred listening level. For my needs I have found that a 40 watt RMS per channel amplifier is adequate… I prefer a 65 watt amp and 75 watts RMS is usually more that enough, but also I have a magneplanar speaker in my garage that a friend gave me to sell… And it has very low sensitivity 84 db I think and with that speaker even a 100 watt amplifier is not enough. I think my Energy speakers are 91 db sensitive rated…

As far as the speakers go, the max watt rating means nothing you need to obsess over. Any standard 15 watt or such amp will do, every standard amp handles 8 ohm loads. As for the rest, you hook sources like phones and such to the amp, not the speakers. If the unit accepts the plug you terminate with, it does. If the speaker efficency rating is high (say 87 - 92 db or so, you can use 4 watt tube amps if you like.