Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6472 in Receiver or Amplifier
- Color: Black
- Brand: Yamaha
- Model: R-S500BL
- Dimensions: 6.00" h x
17.13" w x
15.25" l,
22.50 pounds
Features
- 75 watts per channel
- Continuously variable loudness control
- 40 AM/FM station presets
- Built-in port for compatible Yamaha iPod docks (sold separately)
- Support for Zone 2
Yamaha R-S500BL Natural Sound Stereo Receiver (Black)
Product Description
The Yamaha R-S500BL Stereo Home Theater Receiver assures total music enjoyment with 75 watts per channel of pure, clean power, ToP-ART stability, Continuously Variable Loudness Control, 40 AM/FM station presets, built-in port for supported Yamaha iPod docks (sold separately), and automatic power management.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
By G. Dorfman
If you love classical music CD's this is for you. Power, clarity, timbre and atmosphere; puts my old Marantz to shame. Makes my 30 year old Technics speakers sound like a state of the art system. There's also receptacles for a second set of speakers in another room. Unless you have a really huge house I don't see why you'd need an s-r700. W/respect to FM reception; if the signal is a bit weak, it'll go on mute rather than play static interference. I may have to hook up an outdoor FM antenna.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
By Murray Eisner
My 32 year old Technics receiver silently passed away, so I needed a quick replacement. I had bought an inexpensive Sony 100 watt receiver as well as a Pioneer 100 watt receiver in the recent past, and I was not very pleased with either. They both struggled with complex music and both eventually gave out after about a year. What can one expect for $100? I have owned many many stereo systems in my 54 years on this planet. In addition to the Technics, Pioneer and Sonys; I have owned Marantz,Yamaha, Nikko, Onkyo and Nakamichi. The sound from this receiver is the best I ever owned as it is so so clean and effortless. Only the Nakamich is in the same league.The Yamaha goes from the quietest passages to extremely powerful music with total ease. It is a total pleasure to listen to. The instruments sound so clean. My old Bose 301, and new BIC F12 subwoofers speakers sound new and awesome once I hooked this up to them. As for the radio, I am not a big FM user as I listen to radio via the internet. The FM however does seems excellent, but I did not play with it much. Just using the basic fm wire that came with the receiver worked quite well. I was so nicely surprised. With an antenna this should work exceptionally fine. I did not try the AM or Sirius feature. The knobs seem to require just the right amount of pressure to be turned. I find the box and layout refined and ---- attractive. The loudness knob works great, as it allows you to adjust the loudness to your taste and volume.To sum up, all is very good... with the super clean effortless strong sound.I did not give this unit 5 Stars because the first one I received from Amazon was Dead On Arrival. Quite upsetting for such an expensive unit. Amazon had another one at my house the next day while I shipped the first one back. Amazon service so far has always worked great for me. I paid $320 on Sept 10th, and I see that the price has already gone up $20. For the money this exceptional sounding receiver should last a long time (like my old Technics did), and I truly hope it will, as it really performs.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By Chico
Purchased this unit after living with a Denon AVR-1100 for the past 8 years. The Denon was a good unit but it is a surround sound receiver and I'm a two-channel stereo kind of guy. So - after reading reviews and knowing Yamaha makes quality stuff I decided to take the plunge. I am thrilled that I did. I purchased a set of ADS 780/2 speakers from E-Bay and the receiver makes a very nice mate. It has plenty of power and you can tell - one other reviewer used the word "effortless" when describing the sound of this unit - that reviewer was absolutely correct. I had been wanting a nice quality two-channel receiver for quite some time and I don't think that for $350 you can do much better. My advice to anyone considering buying one of these is - don't wait! You'll be loving it!
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