Yamaha R-N602 AV Receiver (Black), Works with Alexa

Yamaha offers a range of networked products, controlled by a proprietary control protocol named MusicCast. The receiver on test here is such a product and it seems to offer a lot for little money. The R-N602 has the quintessential Yamaha look: a front in brushed aluminium look - available in black and silver - with square push buttons, oblong selector knobs, small round push buttons and round rotary encoder knobs. The Yamaha pre-amp I owned in the eighties already used this design and it still looks up-to-date. Versatility is the name of the game here: it’s a 2 x 80 watts amp with linear power supply, an integrated DAC, a phono input, an FM and AM receiver, a networked player using Ethernet or Wifi, a bluetooth player, a streamer that does vTuner internet radio, Pandora, Rhapsody, Spotify, SiriusXM, Napster and Juke, an Airplay renderer, a Bluetooth source and an Airplay source - about