i have a apple tv 3rd gen and 4th gen. what i noticed is the sound quality
is all dependent upon the original source. they give alot of free radio
stations that are great, but it tells you the quality of each and some are
streaming in low quality audio. others are in high quality. i noticed a
clear difference in the sound.
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From: "Dane Trethowan" <[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Now I know why music on the Apple TV 3rd Gen doesn't sound
sogood...
Well to be perfectly honest that’s Apple for you and where would you find
any serious audio reviews about anything Apple?
Okay, I did find plenty of reviews and information regarding the audio for
my 2012 Mac Mini machine but Apple just won’t release too much information
about anything else it seems when it comes to audio.
I’m glad you mentioned that about the Apple TV and now I’m having second
thoughts about that purchase for myself too.
On 5 Feb 2016, at 5:38 AM, John Gurd <[email protected]> wrote:
I got an Apple TV 3rd Gen a year or so ago to use with MusicMatch and my
HiFi. I was really disappointed to discover that it really didn't sound
that
great even with a HDMI connection. I recently read that for some reason it
resamples music from 44.1KHZ to 48KHZ. This is the equivalent to
transcoding
on the fly which is inevitably going to sound terrible.
The thing is, I really love the new Apple music service and I am tempted
to
buy the Apple TV 4th Gen in order to use the service with my living room
system. But once bitten, twice shy. I haven't been able to find out if it
handles music in the same way. I haven't even been able to find any
serious
reviews of its audio quality.
John
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