Customer Ratings & Reviews

The receiver was DOA…wired it up,…nothing. Best Buy was excellent however on the purchase and subsequent return process. Sometimes you get a dud. This time I did, but BB handled it.

Very thing works well but not quite enough power. I have 2 fairly large yamaha studio monitors. It takes all 100 watts per channel to run them. If you had todays smaller speAkers it might be enough power. Not sure

Nice receiver but i thought it would have a little more umph to it. it seems my old keenwood wasnt so bad after all

Its a nice unit but it seems like it doesn't have the power it claims

You get what you pay for. Ain't a great deal. A great deal is something you get more than what you paid i.e. quality.

200W may be stretching the numbers....bass response is weak. Phono requires purchase of a separate pre-amp. Best to buy a separate bass boost also.

I am clueless how any one could rate this higher than 1 star. It says 100w per channel. No possible way is this a 200w receiver, absolutely not. I had to keep the volume cranked very high. Also, no bass of any kind, even at max. And there are no balance controls. You are stuck with the default levels. =-=-=-= This is being returned.

Lasted 4 years before it started cutting off intermittently. Thought Yamaha was a good brand, didn't deliver the quality.

On the 3rd one in less than 6 months. Hi, Belinda This is the 3rd on I have received. The 1st one did the same thing within 3 months. Took it back gave me another one plugged it in nothing, took it back gave me the one you have and again the same thing. One of the salesperson said that the 7th one that did the same thing once in the store out of the box. My question is is this going to fix it and what boards are you replacing and what would be the cause for this to happen ? The tech responded to me- he had ordered Main Amplifier board & 2 output transistors, he states this is common problem with model R-S202BL, he goes on to explain that this model is delicate and once the volume is turned to a higher/highest volume it blows out the receiver. I hope that answered your questions. Thank you

Hooked up 4 speakers to the unit all in different rooms as soon as i turned it up more that 3/4 volume the receiver stopped working. Each speaker was rated for 100w .

Junk! Volumn adj. is sloppy. Bluetooth unpairs during play. Rt channel on amp blown after just 3 years!

I purchased this item and about two months later it started going out and not working. I don't know what the problem is, but a small sign comes up and says "speaker" and the receiver shuts down. IN order to get it to work at all, I have to turn the volume down to almost mute. WHAT JUNK!!

Thought I couldn't go wrong with Yamaha. Boy, was I wrong. The sound is downright flat. No dynamics whatsoever. It was supposed to be my garage stereo. I instead connected an old Clarion car head unit to a 35 year old a/d/s/ power plate amplifier with only 40 watts per channel. Now I have punch and dynamics with the exact same speakers. Yamaha and Best Buy should be embarrassed to sell this receiver for any price. I won't even try to re-sell this receiver on Craigslist. I would feel guilty. Wish I could return it but Best Buy won't take it back and you can guess why!

Always over heating. Then just died. Very disappointed in this product. Had to buy another receiver. Just avoid.

I bought this item with order BBY01-805565251231 and until today I can not withdraw, and the site is available

In the past Yamaha was always a good reliable brand. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case with this stereo receiver. Out of the box I attempted to set up the FM stereo radio. I couldn't hear anything (even with headphones) I had the volume up to 50 and the FM signal was barely audible...very disappointed I returned the unit to the store for a refund. Quality control in the countries these receivers are manufactured leave a lot to be desired...

I ordered the Yamaha R-S202BL online for store delivery. I set up the receiver with heavy gauge speaker wire connected to Yamaha NS-6490 speakers. Much to my disappointment there was barely any audible response. Even with volume at 50...I returned the unit to the store for a refund. Very disappointed knowing it was the Yamaha brand known for quality