How to listen Apple Lossless with an AppleTv 4k (lossless capable) ?

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Jboll
I have an Apple TV 4K (I change recently from an Apple TV HD because the hd version is not lossless capable) connected to my powernode by airplay through Ethernet The reason it I prefer that my data was sent in a cable than in air for air pollution concern The other reason is i do not want to stop my music if i leave the room (in case of stream from an iPhone) and I want to do what I want to my iPhone, event play a YouTube video with the Apple Music playing in background. The Apple TV says lossless when I play music. So everything is good no? But… when I listen one music on Apple Music then the same music in Qobuz… well Qobuz sound better, so I begin to search why, and I found some topic on the net that said that sometime (ever?) the sound quality is reduced to AAC when the Bluesound is selected as a speaker via AirPlay …. I think it is my case How to know the input quality that my powernode received ? How to have a lossless quality to my powernode ? (I not speaking of hires, just lossless it will be good)
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    Joan Rodenbaugh
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    Apple TV 4K currently doesn’t support Hi-Res Lossless (sample rates greater than 48 kHz). Go into the ATV4K settings and find apps, music, audio quality and change it to lossless, 24/48. Best to get for now via Airplay with your setup. Going all HDMI eArc/Arc from tv to HDMI on back of Powernode is something I haven't tested yet. Not sure but it should be bi-directional. 

    Sound quality of same track can differ due to different versions of the track available on the streaming services. Qobuz via the bluos app at 24/192 will probably sound better but it also depends on how well the track is mastered.

    Right now we don't get the actual bitrate streaming info on the ATV4K screen, but it says lossless, Atmos etc. 

  • Jboll

    Yes it said lossless but it is what the appletv downloads from Apple Music server and is not what it sent through Airplay
    At this moment I see no way to play a track in lossless to my powernode
    It is very frustrated
    And I am not speaking of hi res, just lossless
    May I ask you to improve your AirPlay implementation to support lossless quality ? I saw that AirPlay 1 support it until a specific version. AirPlay 2 support multi room, nice but useless in most case, especially if it reduce the quality to aac 256kbps

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