Apple TV is one of the best streaming devices available today, delivering a home entertainment hub where you can watch shows from the most popular streaming services, listen to music, and even connect your AirPods for private music jams.
While Apple TV comes with preloaded, you might not realize it isn't delivering the best possible quality of music. That's because while there is lossless audio from Apple Music, it isn't automatically enabled on Apple TV. Thankfully, it only takes a few click of your Siri remote to fix this and start listening to music at the best possible quality without needing to do anything drastic like resetting your Apple TV to factory settings.
It's important to note that these steps only apply to Apple TV 4K. Lossless audio from Apple Music isn't supported on older Apple TV models.
To get lossless audio from Apple Music on an Apple TV 4K, follow these five easy steps using your Apple TV remote or the Remote app on your iPhone.
Step 1: From the Apple TV 4K's home screen, open the Settings app.
Step 2: Scroll down and select the Apps menu item.
Step 3: Scroll down and select Music under the App Settings heading.
Step 4: Take note of the current setting for Audio Quality under the Audio heading.
If it says "Lossless," you're already getting lossless audio quality from Apple Music, congrats!
If it says "High Quality," move on to the next step.
Step 5: Scroll down and select Audio Quality from under the Audio heading.
Step 6: Highlight, then select the Lossless option.
The check mark should move from the High Quality option to the Lossless option. If it doesn't, select the Lossless option again.
To confirm that the change worked, use the back button to return to the Music screen. You should now see "Lossless" in the Audio Quality field.
Now that you've got lossless audio for Apple Music enabled on your Apple TV, we should point out one small caveat for audiophiles. While the steps above ensure that you're getting the best possible audio quality from Apple Music on Apple TV, lossless audio isn't actually Apple Music's top quality level.
Included with every Apple Music subscription is access to the service's collection of "hi-res lossless" tracks. These tracks are streamed in 24-bit/96kHz or higher resolution, but unfortunately, the Apple TV 4K is currently limited to regular Apple Music lossless quality of up to 24-bit/48kHz.
As DellaSala points out, there's absolutely nothing wrong with 24-bit/48kHz. In fact, in many circles this resolution is considered the entry level for hi-res audio. Still, if you want to hear the very highest quality from Apple Music, you'll need to use a hi-fi or headphone DAC that's compatible with iPhones or Android phones. These will let you decode hi-res lossless tracks from the Apple Music mobile app.
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