Yamaha BD-A1040 Cd player

While Yamaha’s BD-A1040 offers sterling playback performance, the Oppo BDP-103’s position as Prince remains safe. The A1040’s slimmer suite of connections and bare-bones interface keep our vote in Oppo’s camp as the best of the best for mid-tier Blu-ray players. That said, Yamaha’s player comes in at $100 less than Oppo’s BDP-103, and is an easy choice for fans of the Aventage line.

HIGHS

• Superb music and audio playback
• Quality HD upscaling
• Ample selection of features
• Sleek design

LOWS

• Fewer connections than competing players
• Threadbare interface and app selection
• No DSD audio file support