Yamaha R-S202D £199

For a while, we’ve struggled for any great wealth of budget stereo amplifiers we can wholeheartedly recommend. Yamaha appears to have taken it upon itself to expand that list in recent months, and its latest integrated amplifier, the R-S202D, is another welcome example.

In other situations the term ‘budget’ might signify a stripping back of features or a scaling down of the attention to detail, but the R-S202D is budget only