Purchased this to power to two Klipsch WA-650 outdoor speakers. All I had to do was hook speakers to the WXA-50 and connect to Apple Airport express and the speakers were playing!! I was a little worried the amp might struggle with such big speakers but wow was I wrong!

Great for Airplay using Airport express; Great power to size; Very easy to set up

I bought this to pair with my 2nd generation Echo and a set of Bose 161 speakers in my kitchen. So far, it has delivered exactly what I wanted. I can control it with Alexa and stream music from the Echo easily. I can also pair it with the living room stereo via MusicCast.

Awesome product. I have two I use to run my deck zone and beach zone. The main advantage is MusicCast. Perfectly synced music through the house and outside. All zones

Perfectly synced music across zones

A lot of multi-room audio speakers are built for convenience and style, rather than pure audio fidelity. The Yamaha MusicCast WXA-50 is a little different. Rather than an integrated all-in-one device, this stereo amplifier lets you hook up your choice of speakers.

Plenty of inputs; Great clarity and bass; Neat and compact

Ugly Wi-Fi antenna; Weedy remote control

The WXA50 is an excellent amp, which has bags of modern features and is highly flexible. Upon opening the box, I was initially taken aback by how small the unit was. As someone whose only prior experience of an amp was a 1980s VCR-sized technics (which, sadly, no longer works reliably enough to...

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Good all-round amp; Easy to setup and use; Flexible installation; Decent connections; Includes MusicCast; Attractive and well made

Sound is rather restrained; Remote is small and fiddly

Small form factor, budget conscious! Very simple to use!

If you are the intended audience for the Yamaha MusicCast WXA-50 amplifier, you find A/V receivers too big, black, and boxy. You are happy with two-channel sound but turned off by doghouse-sized stereo amps sitting on the floor. Soundbars may give you Bluetooth, but that isn't enough.

Streams to MusicCast devices; Wi-Fi; AirPlay; Bluetooth; 55 watts per channel; Class D

No headphone jack on amp; No analog input on speaker; Loaded PC may freeze app

I bought this to drive two very good old speakers but without the usual black boxes and cables. The blue tooth feature means I can enjoy my music again in excellent quality and not have to put up with my top end but thin sound system. Best of all I can find all the music I want from the internet.

Love it. Yamaha sound that I expected t with perfectly executed wifi and airplay etc so that all music I want plays from my iPad. First class.