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The OFFICAL Apple TV thread

I have purchase an Apple TV recently and have looked around the net to find quite a few others have and are trying to integrate this into a decent stereo setup. The purpose of this thread is not to debate the merits of Apple TV but to help users (myself included) find ways of improving sound from their streaming device. I would like to start the discussion myself by asking a few questions:

Has anybody found any third party software which can play iTunes files (WAV, IAFF,) to an Airport express?

If so what do you use?

2. What Toslink do you use on your Apple TV? What is the length?

3. Have you considered or used an after market power cable? If so what were the results?
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edavis
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Wadia recommends ripping CD's as .wav files for maximum audio performance.

I upgraded my toslink connection to Lifatec Silflex glass, and am very pleased. It is amazing the difference, especially in the highs. More shimmer and clarity in the upper registers.
kbarkamian
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Apple devices won't play WAV. Not sure about Macs, but the iPod/iPad/iPhone, AE or ATV won't play them.
magfan
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Any scheme or format or compression from which you can reconstruct a bit-accurate copy of the original should be the same......FLAC and ALAC both qualify as to others.
magfan
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The knowledge at the Apple store is limited for audio junkies.
My question is......Does the digital out of the ATV have its own clock? The AirportExpress is async and has a massive jitter problem. The AE relies on the incoming signal for clock and sometimes will even miss the first half second of a sony while it locks in.

Also, any format from which you can recover a bit-accurate copy of the original should yield good results.
lush OP
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Kbarkamian,

Where did you get your info? I have an iPad, iPod touch and apple tv and all play wav just fine. I also use aiff which is apple speak for fully uncompressed audio I.e wav. And this file format allows for the inclusion of adding cover art.
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