Customer Ratings & Reviews

This receiver is awesome. I believe this model is no longer available.

Setup in minutes, the wireless technology is awesome. Perfect setup.

Great piece of equipment at a great price. Would definitely recommend.

It's a good product ..very satisfied with everything

I would definitely refer this receiver to any and all.

Nice sound great to have on my home enjoy every day

Easy to set up, but started to short out when watching anything on my blu-ray. Had it for less than a month and had to take it in to get fixed. First time I ever had a problem with a receiver.

We purchased this tuner for the front room. The features sounded great sadly the unit failed with in a couple of days. You could not update the system and it stopped the pass thru of video. Returned the item for a Sony

No A\B switch have to buy one if you want to hook to 2 rooms. Can't connect turntable have to buy a preamp. No hard copy of owners manual it's on disk pain in the a--. Way to complicated

Not one of the best receivers I've owned but it works. Sound is not amplified enough. We just needed something temporarily.

The sound wouldn't work a lot of times. The hdmi link was messed up and tv would turn on randomly.

Salesman told me this item would fix my problem with my 4K tv and surround system but it didn't!!!

I bought this receiver to replace a 10 year old Onkyo. I did a lot of research looking for the best price point for the features I wanted and this was it. It was easy to set up and sound great! I liked the app and was able to easily stream Pandora and files I have saved on a NAS to the receiver.

The receiver is a good receiver that is made by Yamaha.

Good audio receiver for nice features, but I've had to send in for Geek Squad repairs after a few months. Apparently the HDMI board malfunctioned resulting in wired glitches. Besides that, it's been solid.

Overall this is a good receiver until it comes to HDMI. It flickers for a good minute when using a 4k source. Other sources of won't work at all like the steam link.

I've owned Yamaha receivers for the better part of 15 years, and I've been happy with all of them except my previous model, which was a Chinese-made RX-V373. I had issues with HDMI handshakes, and audio quality. That said, the RX-V479 and models above are made in Malaysia which have the famous reliability that Yamaha is known for. I tried out the Pioneer VSX-45, but as I stated in that review, that mangled the video signal from all of my devices. Onto the RX-V479. I'm extremely impressed with the feature set for this price point. The audio quality is outstanding! The bass is much more precise from this on my Paradigm Monitor 7 speakers. The one thing that I really like about all Yamaha receivers now, is that the inputs are not labeled for anything specific, making connections much easier. The biggest surprise (maybe a minor detail for others) is that when you connect an HDMI device, and power it up, the RX-V479 automatically grabs the device ID and labels the input accordingly. That saves a lot of time and confusion in trying to connect equipment. This is the first receiver I've owned that does this, so kudos to Yamaha. Beware of the power rating that is listed on this and other retailers sites. The real power number you should be looking at is that this is really rated at 80 watts, with 0.08% TDH on 2 channels, 20Hz-20kHz. This is easily found on the manufacturer's website. This is plenty of power if you have good, efficient speakers. The AirPlay, and MusicCast system work wonderfully. I've never had to reset my receiver to get them to work as I've seen with models for other manufacturers. If you need Dolby Atmos, or DTS:X, look at the Aventege, or higher-end RX-V models, otherwise this 5.1 receiver is a outstanding value. You can't go wrong.

I purchased this receiver for 349 at local BB. It replaces an Onkyo that lasted me all of 4 years. The instructions and setup are not easy, however once completed, it was wonderful. First thing I did was connect my ethernet cord in and listen to my NAS. First up was Diana Krall, Chuck Mangione, and finally a 24 bit 192 recording of Dire Straits. Music sounded amazing. It really did sound better than the previous Onkyo it replaced. Same speakers, better sound. LOVE IT! The android app makes it MUCH nicer to browse your music inventory when using a DLNA server. My 11yo son even noticed how much better the sound was and was listening to Chuck Mangione and his trumpet and loving it. Receiver has 24 bit 192 khz DAC which makes playing high res audio from a NAS a snap. I gave it 5 stars based on its features, sound, and price. I thought about deducting a star based on its hokey on screen setup menu, but the android app made up for that.

I had to buy a new receiver to go with a new 4K tv. I had a yamaha and loved it so i decided to go with another one. Hooked it up and four days later when i tried to turn it on something internal went bad and all inputs were dead. Returned it and got a sony.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT I CAN STREAM MUSIC FROM MY PHONE AND PAIR BLUETOOTH TO THE RECEIVER,IT ALSO HAS THE AIRPLAY WHICH IS A PLUS AS WELL,LET ME TELL YOU THE RECEIVER HAS IT ALL INCLUDING WIFI ALL IN ONE UNITRECEIVER,POWERFUL ENOUGHT TO POWER MY TWO TWELVES INCH AMPED INFINITYS AND TWO BOSE TOWERS FOR THE FRONT PKUS CENTER AND SURROUND SPEAKERS,I AM PLEASES WITH THIS YAMAHA QUALITY RECEIVER.