Yamaha R-N303BL Stereo Receiver: Enjoy High-Fidelity Audio with Bluetooth Connectivity

Penny: I replaced my old amp and pre amp with this single unit. It has a lot of nice options and I like being able to play music without being plugged in. However there was a learning curve. I had it set up to play with air play and about lost my mind. I could tolerate the slight delay but the constant disconnect for no good reason was extremely annoying. It would still be playing on my phone (no sound because it was air playing) but stopped putting out sound through the stereo. And it was not a wifi or speaker issue either.

Next step was to try Bluetooth instead of air play. Same problem. I began to get very disappointed with my purchase and longed for the days where it played correctly by plugging in.

Then I tried the Spotify option and that one seemed to work okay. But if I am listening to it and then shut everything down and get into my car and start playing music, it turns the unit in the house back on. So I have to make sure I’m out of range of my wifi before playing music in my car.

I also can’t get the radio to work, and the antenna doesn’t seem to make a difference. I’m reading the instructions and following them but this is not working very well for...

United States on Nov 16, 2023

A. N. Onymous: the optical went after a year

Canada on Mar 23, 2023

ARNO A.: Amplificador muito boa qualidade, excelente só não dou 5 estrelas porque não tem retorno para uso com equalizador

Brazil on Jan 23, 2023

Guenther Schwedersky Neto: o som é otimo mesmo usando streaming.
Correspondeu às expectativas
Recomendo

Brazil on Sep 20, 2022

Martin: After watching many reviews on YouTube I bought this receiver to pair with a pair of Emotiva B1+. I haven't adjusted the bass or treble just have left it all as it was straight out of the box and it sounds prefect to me. I live in an open plan apartment and it works perfect for my needs. The sound is very balanced and I would recommend this receiver to anyone . The Bluetooth works perfectly. I haven't used the wifi yet.

Canada on Mar 12, 2022

Roberto Chagas: A potência é excelente, contente com a compra, apesar do alto preço do aparelho. Na Europa os preços dos eletro-eletrônicos caiu bastante, mas não aqui. Uma falha que lamentei é a ausência de uma entrada para pendrive, para passar as músicas gravadas.

Brazil on Dec 11, 2020

Amazon Customer: While this system won't impress the crowd that spends ten grand on a phono cartridge, and its 100 Watts of output power won't rattle your neighbors doors, I can say this is a very solid, good quality system for the price, and Yamaha has always had a reputation for the high quality of its "Natural Sound" line of audio gear.

If you have a decent, efficient set of speakers, this unit is enough to fill your living room, den, and maybe even your backyard if it isn't too huge, with plenty of music power to please most reasonable people. If you're looking for bass you can feel in your chest, then you'll have to bust out a few more hundreds and go for a much bigger and heavier system, from Yamaha or someone else.

While I wouldn't complain about one more line level analog input, this receiver has plenty: Digital: You get an optical and coax input, selectable separately, so you can have one device with optical, and another with coax, and those are separate from the analog inputs. So, the CD player can come in through optical, freeing up the CD input RCA jacks for, as an example, your TV. You get three analog line inputs: CD, Line 1, and Line 2. Line 2 is set up for a tape deck...

United States on Sep 08, 2020

Tom MorrisTom Morris: I want to make two main points:

*The main way to interact with this receiver is through the MusicCast app – which is sensational.
*Accessing iTunes library and playlists

MusicCast
I want to emphasize that the best and easiest way to control this receiver is via the free, non-subscription MusicCast app on your phone. Download it. Install it. You will love it.

I bring this up because the description of MusicCast on the Amazon product page presented MusicCast parenthetically as an interesting, non-essential side option. Having had no experience with MusicCast, I had no context, and I suspected it was just another subscription service – that I didn’t want to pay for. Turns out it’s awesome. Get it. Use it.

Despite that Yamaha has made other apps available in the Apple Store and Play Store for other receivers -- for this receiver, use the MusicCast app.

Finally, the manual that comes with the receiver has a single line in it that mentions the MusicCast app. The rest is devoted to manually controlling the receiver with its on board switches and dials. Forget about those, use the MusicCast app.

In my house, two of us have the app...

United States on Jan 27, 2019