Yamaha - R-S202BL 200W 2-Ch. Stereo Receiver - Black - Open Box - Good

Pretty good sounding unit for the money. For CD I run through an equalizer. Which I can make up for the lousy speak placement. The Bass and Treble works well, but could have a mid-range which would help out. Running 4 speakers and the unit has no problem powering them, and has plenty of sound. Don't lose the remote, it comes in handy for other settings. FM receiver is pretty good too! Better then my last stereo. Bluetooth fires right up, no problem connecting to S21. I don't have any grips with the unit, Simple to use, just enough buttons to make the 'look' simple and easy to look at. I wonder if I will get 50 years out of it as that is how long the last receiver lasted. Ha! Why I went with Yamaha receiver is because I have had good luck with Yamaha products.

I bought this for home use— driving two pairs of vintage speakers. I have some JBL studio reference monitors from the early 90's, and a second set of vintage Fishers from the late 60s. Both sound great, and sometimes I even drive BOTH pairs together. This Yamaha is so much cleaner than any common vintage receiver, and Steve Guttenberg (the Audiophiliac) has rated it as a great value. Bluetooth works great and pairs effortlessly-- I have no idea what problems others are having with it.

Typical of Yamaha, good stuff. For a simple low cost amp for my shop, delivers strong sound with power to spare, and really digging the Bluetooth feature. At sound level 6.5 can hear the sounds from down the street. Very happy with purchase and would recommend for simple low cost amp for sounds.

Purchased to replace an old garage receiver that blew a channel amp. I had an Alexa Echo Dot hardwired to the ‘old’ receiver, so it only made sense to seek a bluetooth capable replacement. While this Yamaha RS 202 bluetooth unit is great as a garage unit and functions “as advertised”, it was also below Best Buy’s List price as an Open Box purchase and sold as “Excellent Condition” (the highest level open box condition). However, It was missing the Users Manual and one of the antennas, so it should have been down graded for condition and even cheaper. Otherwise the unit itself was perfect. I reused an antenna from my previous setup, and a quick google search for a Yamaha R-S202 User’s Manual provided me all the information I needed to connect the Echo Dot up via Bluetooth in under 5 mins, making multiple Amazon Playlists available on the fly via Voice command.. 2 recommendations.. #1 OPEN and Check the contents / Do Not trust the stated condition of open box items, (my box was well taped) - make the salesman open it for you, especially if you want your copy of the manual. Also, Excellent Condition costs more etc. #2 See A Complete UnKnown and Rediscover Dylan. A remastered “How Does It Feel?” sounded great via the Yamaha R-S202 paired to a couple of bookshelf speakers and controlled by the Echo Dot!

I needed a basic stereo receiver for 2 speakers that could switch between multiple inputs and has an FM tuner. This receiver has 4 inputs in the back plus it can pair with up to 8 Bluetooth devices. I connected a CD player, TV, and Sirius Radio to 3 of the inputs and paired a phone and a tablet to the unit. They all sound great and the FM tuner is crisp and clear. The price was a bargain and I could not be happier with my purchase.