Customer Ratings & Reviews

This receiver is great start for anyone new to using a good quality sound system. Your able to connect sound using an HDMI cable which is the best way to use it. Easy to use and very powerful sound.

Easy setup. Quality sound. Instructions were easy to understand.

This receiver is very good. Nice balanced sound and it was just what I needed and nothing I didn't. I didn't need a super-duper home theater experience - just a way to run program sound to my stereo speakers and subwoofer. My purchase was prompted because my great but ancient Onkyo receiver did not have HDMI inputs Set up was frustrating. Once everything was hooked up, the sound from the AM/FM receiver worked fine and sounded great, but there was no sound or video from the HDMI sources, even though they were connected properly. Some menu information from the sources even displayed on the television screen, but no audio or video programming content was available. All HDMI cords were new premium quality rated for HDMI 2.1 and 8K. Apparently, it may take time or repeated connections and disconnections before the receiver and an HDMI source perform a "handshake" to link properly. Once the "handshakes" took place, sources ran properly, including the pass-through from my cable box to the television when the receiver is off. Receivers have grown. This one is both wider and taller than older models. I had to remove the door including the brackets from the AV space under my television in order to fit the receiver with no room to spare, and at this time I have left the door off for better cooling. If you have older AV furniture, measure the space before you purchase.

When I got the receiver home, I was a little bit, overwhelmed with the complexity of hooking it up. After three weeks of frustration, I called Best Buy with my issues. Of course she suggested the geek squad, but I really couldn’t afford it. Thankfully she suggested I call Yamaha. It really worked out because the representative walked me through it step-by-step and I got everything up and working. I’m very happy with the receiver now.

I got this to complete a surround sound system in a home I purchased, and it was easy to set up, and provides great sound, with options for over air radio, or hooking up bluetooth.

This is an excellent addition to enjoying the new TV. The Sound is great with the four speakeers. I like the various audio adjustments for TV, Radio and other features.

Very user friendly receiver and many options to hook up all your other devices i.e. turntable, DVD player, etc, etc...

It’s a decent stereo I have 4 for some reason but I think that is my second favorite it has good overall sound and grate for radio and has !bluetooth!

Great 5.1 receiver for the price. I run Thunder pro 2's on the rear and audio acoustic 500 watt 3 way speakers on the front and center and am not able to turn up past half way before my whole house is full of sound. Low budget concert at less than $600 for receiver AND speakers ...it's a set up that can't be beat for the money and highly recommend you try or any comparable speaker set up you wish. You will not be displeased. The receiver is easy to use and hook up. O, and by the way...with this set up and for my purposes....I do not need a subwoofer. The clarity is rich and the music is as a live concert.

I was weary of this product due to some negative remarks I read here, but I think mostly those remarks had less to do with the actual amplifier and more to do with service. That being said, I bought this because it fit my price range and criteria for capabilities. I have not been disappointed at all by this Amp. The Bluetooth connectivity wasn't intuitive so I actually had to read the directions to get it to sync but experienced no issues once it was. The sound is great and it works well. The HDMI ports were tight (as they should be) and the remote is easy to function. I give this Amp a two thumbs up.

No bells and whistles, but straight power! Bought this for my son’s house at college. It pushes the speakers to their limits with clean, booming power! Low cost, how output!

We moved into a house with built-in-ceiling speakers. I got this AVR to connect to our Panasonic TV, speakers, and Roku. Seamless integration and the roku remote works through ARC to control the TV and the sound. Wonderfully easy setup. Great quality sound. Our media room has become an escape!

After using it for the last few months, I can safely say that it's worth the money! However, it does have it's quirks. For example... I had an issue with it cutting back on after 3-5 minutes after powering the unit off. So I ended up having to turn off the HDMI control setting so the system isn't randomly turning back on (seemed to do the trick). I guess the other devices are interfering with it somehow. Even turned the bluetooth off on both the receiver and other devices, but that didn't seem to work. Also had an issue where it will sometimes randomly change to another audio input setting on the receiver when changing the t.v. audio input (on my Sony t.v.), back to the receiver audio setting. There's also a long delay (20-30 seconds) on the receiver when cutting it back on (because I'll often just switch to the t.v. speakers late at night so it's not loud when watching t.v.). All in all I would recommend. Plenty of sound settings, and tons of customization on the receiver. Although it will take you awhile to get used to it if you're a novice with newer audio receivers. Thinking about taking this one back seeing as it may be defective. Or, these particular Yamaha receivers might just have bugs.

Sounds great. Easy to operate. Looks good in my living room

Coming from Sony after 25 years, it's eye-opening how much more intuitive and easier to use this receiver is. The Sony 10yo I replaced -while sonically and aesthetically pleasing- had some functional quirks I was eager to rid myself of. I like the "scene" option where you store a source with the preferred sound settings so you're off and running in an instant. Setup was a breeze and the 4K upscaling seems to work well on non-4K sources. I also appreciate the on-board Bluetooth since all my music is store in my iphone. I might be a permanent convert to Yamaha

Love the Bluetooth and USB inputs,it makes so easy to listen to music

I am using this RX385 to drive a pair of JBL ND310s 1st of all, this unit sounds really amazing with the 310's w/out a sub. I just wish i had a little bigger room to setup the surround & maximize all of the 5.1 features this unit has to offer. My TV does not support e/arc which just limits me to using the optical. Having said that now, great powerful unit that suits my needs just perfect.

Purchased the Yamaha receiver to replace a broken 20 year old Pioneer. New unit was easy to install and works great. Still learning about some of the settings, but it is working great for cable, blu-ray, dvd recorder, and radio. My old pioneer did not have HDMI so I was able to eliminate a lot of cables and make it easier to switch devices. Yamaha receiver is well made and provides great surround sound. Well worth the money

Great receiver sounds awesome I would definitely recommend it

Excellent value for such a capable receiver. Geek squad connected it to my tv and 5 speaker surround sound system and it works beautifully with great sound!