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Came back after 6 months of ownership to knock my original rating down from 4 stars to 2. The wireless features have stopped working despite rebooting and resetting every part of my network. FM reception is poor and it cuts completely out if it perceives the signal as being too weak, which is more annoying than static. Sadly, the more time I spend using this receiver the less I like it.

I higly, highly recommen the Yamaha R-N303BL!

Update: after discussing situation with brother in law I bought a Marantz receiver. What a good move. It sounds incredible! It’s the best stereo receiver I’ve ever had in 30 years of audio equipment if had. Well worth the extra money I spent on it. Very good stereo separation and you actually hear each instrumental location. I will buy nothing but Marantz from now on.


1) The receiver has an A/B speaker zone setup which is nice because it allows you to connect two zones into one receiver. So, as an example, I connected my 2 ceiling speakers in the Kitchen into zone A and my 2 speakers in the Family Room into zone B. You can only play the same source on the speakers and cannot turn off/on a zone from the MusicCast app. My Kitchen and Family Room area is essentially one big room so it’s not a big problem for me, but it’s important to know this limitation because if your receiver is tucked in a back room in your basement and you want the ability to have these rooms as separate zones then you will need to buy a second receiver.
2) When setting up, I was having trouble connecting to MusicCast setup on my WiFi network. I found the problem to be that you first need to update the firmware to the latest version. To do this, follow the steps on page 41 of the owners manual under “Network Update.” If you are having trouble, make sure that you connect your receiver to your WiFi network...I had to connect my manually per the directions in the owners manual on page 16.
Outside of this, the receivers have been great. You have the ability to turn on/off a receiver directly through the MusicCast app which is really a nice feature so your receivers don’t have to be “on” constantly. The receiver has good power and is very reasonably priced to buy multiple units to power your in ceiling speakers. I use the receivers to stream my iTunes music that I have stored directly on my phone. You can also stream music from Amazon music, Spotify, Pandora, and others. Also, works with Apple AirPlay which truly makes streaming music foolproof. Lastly, the streaming is through WiFi so you are not dealing with the limited range and in/out capabilities of Bluetooth. I have a mesh WiFi network that covers a large home and the receiver has worked flawlessly.

My main complaints are more with AirPlay's limitations than with this particular receiver. Basically, I wish AirPlay would operate more like Bluetooth where you can just stream whatever audio that is playing on your device to a Bluetooth receiver or speaker, but with AirPlay, you're limited to streaming audio on AirPlay enabled apps, like iTunes, to AirPlay receivers or speakers. This generally works for my purposes and there are apps that expand what you can transmit via AirPlay, so it's not a huge problem.
AirPlay set up was very easy. Just connect your phone to the receiver via Bluetooth and then you can share your WiFi settings with the receiver so that it connects to the internet wirelessly. And from there, the receiver shows up on all of your devices with AirPlay. I can also start playing music through the receiver from my phone or computer when the receiver is off (or technically on standby mode), so I don't have to turn the receiver on to start streaming music via AirPlay. And I can control the volume from my phone or computer. It's fantastic and basically means I don't have to mess with the receiver once I get it set up initially.
In case someone has a similar set up, I'll provide some details. Basically, I wanted high quality wireless connectivity to avoid having messy looking wires in our main living space. We have built in shelves on either side of a fireplace that also have some old school speakers set up in them in such a way that you can't see any of the speaker wires. The speaker wires go from the speaker, into the attic, and then down into some cabinets in another room about 20 feet from the speakers. Our computer is in the room with the speakers but still several few feet away from them and I wanted to avoid having additional wires and electronics going from the computer to the speakers or receiver to keep everything looking nice and wire-free. AirPlay allows this and also allows for higher music quality since WiFi streaming has more bandwidth than Bluetooth. Another issue is that there is not a visual path from my computer to the receiver -- the Bluetooth signal has to travel through a wall or two, which can also mess with the signal. Again, a WiFi receiver with AirPlay allows for me to easily play music on iTunes on the receiver.
Bluetooth connectivity has ups and downs overall. It works great on my cell phone even when the signal has had to travel through a wall. In fact, I don't notice a difference in sound quality between AirPlay or Bluetooth, but I was playing MP3's, and I obviously am not an audiophile, so maybe a trained ear would hear the differences. However, my computer's Bluetooth does not recognize the receiver and it never shows up as a Bluetooth device that it can even try to connect to. This may be because the signal has to travel through two walls to get from the receiver to my computer, but the Bluetooth signal from my phone to the receiver works great even next to the computer. My computer is only a couple of years old, just like the receiver, so I would expect them to be compatible. I also worried that the receiver's Bluetooth capabilities would be disrupted by my internet router, which is located close to the receiver, but this hasn't seem to be an issue. I'd give the Bluetooth high ratings overall if my computer could connect with it.
So overall, this is a great receiver for my set up. Streaming via AirPlay has been fantastic.

It easily swaps between MP3s from a Win10 PC or Linux file server over ethernet, smartphone playback via Bluetooth/wi-fi, digital TV audio from the S/PDIF connection, LPs on the turntable, AM/FM, and there's plenty of room for input expansion.
For example: I can be on the back patio and use my phone to power on the stereo (and the PC with a Wake-on-LAN app if needed), pick the audio source and route playback to outdoor speakers or a Bluetooth device in range, all without going inside.
Sound quality is excellent, but of course your mileage may vary depending on the rest of your rig. Volume runs 0-99, but you can optionally restrict the max output if you need a lower distortion threshold. It also allows you to set a default startup volume level, which is a nice detail. Tone is adjusted with separate bass and treble controls instead of a multi-band EQ, so it may not have the fine-grained tone control some might prefer.
A full-function remote is included (and recommended for system tasks), but Yamaha's MusicCast app (Android/iOS) is more convenient for routine operation. There is NO Windows version of this app, but as a workaround it's fully functional in an Android emulator for Windows. The receiver allows for multi-point synchronous instances running on different devices. You can start playback with an Android device (or emulator), then pause it or change audio sources with an iPhone or the remote; you can even adjust the volume with one device and watch it change in real time on another.
Despite its good points the app is somewhat disorganized and has no help documentation, so it takes time and experimentation to figure out (especially playlist operation, long-press to add the contents of a folder but not any subfolders, etc). The MusicCast app's annoyances and lack of a Windows version are *almost* enough to cost an overall star. Dropping the rating on the hardware over a separate software app wouldn't quite be fair though, even when the manufacturer recommends using the app. Documentation, a Windows port and some GUI streamlining would go a long way.
