What do you think of the Yamaha R-N803 Stereo Receiver?

[macauley86]

https://sg.yamaha.com/en/files/Yama...ormation_b91c924acac9108d9990dccd961075fb.pdf

Looks like a pretty good all-in-one box. Any experience with or thoughts on it? I would mostly use it with Qobuz, Net Radio, and AirPlay.

 

[MediumRare]

What is it that appeals to you? I ask because it's not cheap for the power and not especially high-performing.. Do you have any other components on hand that you could add bits to to achieve what you want?

 

[macauley86]

I'm kind of a minimalist. The alternative to something like this would be a laptop, an integrated amp, and something like a MiniDSP DDRC-24 as DAC/DSP for (arguably much better) room correction.

The R-N803 might not be as good, but it's an all-in-one box, mostly used for background music at moderate levels. I can also get it for $550 or so, much cheaper than laptop + integrated amp + DDRC-24.

 

[MediumRare]

In that case it's a pretty compelling solution! Yamaha equipment has measured pretty well here before https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...urements-of-yamaha-wxa-50-streaming-amp.7964/ and the room correction feature could potentially make this sound quite good. Maybe send it to Amir to test before your return period runs out?