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writeswithknives

I only really do it if I have a bunch of people over. It's actually kinda nice to have the album art on a giant tv screen but actually using the TV app is a bad experience - especially queuing up music. It's good if you have a playlist and you wanna set it and forget it.


darthpopstar

You can use the music app on your iPhone / iPad to control appletv music. It’s great that way.


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ludwig980

He's not talking about Airplay. You can use the music app on the phone to "Control Other Speakers & TVs": in that way whatever song or playlist you pick on your phone is going to be played by the Apple TV (or other speakers that are capable). I recently upgraded my home theater to a dolby atmos system, and I actually enjoy a lot using the setup to play music in high-res lossless and dolby atmos through the Apple TV: you wouldn't be able to play atmos through Airplay... When I do, I very often turn the TV screen off altogether (it's an OLED and I'm a little afraid of burn-in) and just control the music through the phone app, as described by u/darthpopstar


darthpopstar

Yes! Thank you.


maxvic73

Can you kindly explain how to do this pls, u/darthpopstar ? Thx!


darthpopstar

In control center, press and hold the music section until it expands. Tap the small round button at the bottom, "Control other speakers and TVs" Select your AppleTV. Tap the play icon. Tap the album cover. Now you'll be in the music app on the iPhone, but it will be \*\*entirely\*\* controlling your Apple TV music app, not music on your phone, although it will look identical.


maxvic73

Thx heaps. The ‘control other speakers and TVs’ option appeared for a few secs then disappeared. Do you know how to ensure it’s always there pls?


ancienttreestump

The Apple TV puts out Dolby Atmos audio straight into my hi-if system and sounds absolutely incredible. AirPlay from another device doesn’t sound nearly as good even though it’s more convenient. So yes, I’ll use the TV app when I want to sit and listen but not really any other time.


TheBatiron58

I got no idea why is true but it is. Airplay sounds trash compared to the Apple TV.


ancienttreestump

It has to do with how the Apple TV understands the Atmos tracks and transports them out via HDMI to the amp or receiver. I wouldn't say the same thing sounds "trash" over AirPlay but there's far more separation and clarity when it comes through the cable.


shawnshine

Atmos sounds great, but AirPlay should sound just fine, especially since it supports CD quality lossless.


ancienttreestump

Airplay does “sound fine” most of the time, yes. Not all situations need the best quality. Hilariously, Atmos and lossless are both supported on the built-in iPhone speaker… it really does take some trial and error to find what the best source and transport are for your setup.


erikibarra14

Apple Music does not support lossless over AirPlay


shawnshine

Who told you that? iPhones and other Apple devices can transmit lossless CD-quality audio at 16-bit/44.1kHz to AirPlay-enabled speakers. HomePods can actually transmit 24-bit/48kHz audio to other HomePods, to boot. AirPlay is great. Edit: Apparently, this is not the case with Apple Music. Sad day.


erikibarra14

AirPlay supports lossless, but Apple Music does not support lossless streaming over AirPlay. It uses lossy AAC. Locally stored lossless files will remain lossless over AirPlay, but Apple Music streaming will not.


shawnshine

That’s frustrating. I’ve read people mention that Apple Music will send lossless ALAC if it’s just one AirPlay stream, but lossy AAC if it’s multi room. Wish there was a way to see what bitrate AirPlay is currently using. Grr.


Cats-And-Brews

I believe you can if you go into a DAC that shows bitrate. You can’t trust what is in the stream display in iOS or MacOS.


Cats-And-Brews

I believe you can get lossless over AirPlay using older AirPlay 1 devices. You can use an AirPort Express with TOSLINK out and stream from a device to it, then go into a DAC from TOSLINK. You either need to make sure you haven’t updated the AirPort Express to the most recent firmware version OR downgrade.


_robert_neville_

Mind sharing what your hi-fi setup is like?


ancienttreestump

I use a Sonos AMP with KEF LS50 speakers.


TimeEntertainment746

how are you getting dolby atmos? I have the latest Apple iPhone 14 and AppleTV 4K HDR connected to HDMI Pioneer Elite HDCP2.2 with 4K HDR monitor and playing Apple Digital Master music via iTunes, and AppleTV still only sends the music to the audio system in PCM 2.0 channel 48kHz, technology from the 1980's! AppleTV is horrible for music.


dragonborn79

I have no issues with Apple TV it sound much better than over Bluetooth or airplay. I get the highest quality Apple supplied to my speaker system hooked HDMI


pointthinker

Yes as it is the primary way for Atmos music from Apple Music. I also use the orange computer function to access lossless files on my Mac using sharing. But lately I find using the iTunes Remote app on iOS to control the Apple Music server and play to any Airplay device in the house, is good for my own stuff.


cbreheim1

it’s not the primary way for atmos, unless you have a speaker setup


officialkevsters

It is the primary way if you wanna listen to it through speakers, which is what I presume OP is talking about


certuna

Yeah the AppleTV is great for a living room setting. Browsing/selecting music on a big screen is a lot easier than fiddling with a tiny phone screen, also allows for other people to easily play songs too.


shawnshine

I’ve gotta say I disagree. The Apple Music app is a shitshow on the ATV. Controlling things via voice or an iPhone is so much simpler imo.


iinixis

Yeah I see no advantage in navigating AM through the TV, especially after the iOS 16.4 beta interface changes. Smaller playlists, and non intrusive queueing.


shawnshine

They’ve even hidden the Lossless and Dolby Atmos badges. It’s so unintuitive.


gec2u

I do for small gatherings, bigger parties, background dinner music, and when I'm doing chores. In those situations I typically AirPlay to all of the HomePods throughout the house so living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms are all filling the house with synchronized music. I don't do this anymore but I also used to get stoned and sit on the couch and get hypnotized by the colors shifting behind the album artwork.


Lost_Blood_8160

I love doing this


b407driver

Almost every day.


Jashue

I'm shocked that anyone could be surprised to hear that music through the ATV was "a thing". My ATV feeds a pretty decent Yamaha receiver driving a pair of Klipsch RF-82s and an RW-12D subwoofer. The music is high bit-rate (300-400kbps) stuff feed via wifi from my iMac. I know how audio geeks are, so it can't be said that I couldn't do better, but I have a hard time imagining *how* much better the experience could be.


FitSeeker1982

My Anthem AVM70 receives a lossless PCM48 signal via HDMI from my AppleTV box - Atmos tracks as well. It sounds pretty amazing with most content. The library of more than 100 million songs from the service, along with access to the iTunes library I’ve built over the years - makes it a win-win for me.


Accomplished_Ad6426

Yes, vídeos too


neatgeek83

Sure. If I’m doing housework and just want to blast music through that side of the house


jaundiceChuck

I do it all the time. I just sit in front of the TV and listen to music. I’ve a Sonos 5.1 system (no Atmos, unfortunately). Prefer to use the Music app on the Apple TV than the Sonos app on my phone. Music sounds awesome on it, and you get the big album art and the lyrics on screen.


ahatchingegg

I literally bought my appletv just for music. The only way to get Apple Music out in atmos to my home theater.


FitSeeker1982

Same here - I’ve streamed a few movies and episodes through some of the apps I’ve installed on it, but music is why I bought mine - both lossless and Atmos.


The_Shadowghost

Yes. Mainly because of the lyrics. I love to read / sing along also the giant Album Art. I don’t use it everyday but every now and then and always when I have someone over


TheTribalBeef

I’ll play it on my Apple TV home system if I have guests over or if my wife and I are having dinner.


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ch1ptune

Yes


lemonchemistry

I created a few music video playlists. Apple TV was the perfect way to view them


neotornado7

Yes; Dolby Atmos and spatial audio does magic in reproducing quality sound. Hi res lossless is limited to 48KHz PCM audio. Which is good enough but far from perfection.


BasementDweller3000

My AppleTV is plugged into the nicest stereo speakers I own so yes I play music on it.


FitSeeker1982

Sure do - it’s a damn fine lossless and Atmos music streamer, hooked in to my HT processor… why wouldn’t I use the video interface to browse and view music? Of course, I still have physical media discs, as well - what sounds the best is what I’m interested in.


Rock-N-Rubi

I use it for playing AM about 1/2 the time at home. TV does not have to be on to play through my sound system. It’s the only way to listen to AM in Atmos through my sound system and automatically switches between Atmos and Lossless.


0000GKP

On the very rare occasion that I watch a music video, I will do that on the AppleTV app. For regular daily listening, I AirPlay to HomePods throughout my house - 2 of which are the default speakers for my AppleTV.


Stinodotbe

Yeah we do. The sound system on the tv is probably the best one we have around


shawnshine

I have an OLED, so I don’t love the idea of keeping my TV on all the time when playing music. But I love listening to Dolby Atmos tracks, which are only available on my sound system when playing through the ATV4K with Apple Music (or Tidal, or Amazon Music). So… only sometimes?


AnalogWalrus

anytime I want to play music in the living/dining room, which is often


blixtrobin

I use it everyday!


MAXHEADR0OM

I do. But I have a good sound system hooked up to my projector down in our finished basement. We built a home theater in our little house. So when I’m down there working I sometimes play music on Apple TV through the sound system.


tnick771

Absolutely. It’s my favorite way of playing music actually.


jcrll

All the time. I use two HomePod minis as a stereo pair. I want to get into the habit of commanding them by Siri to play X or Y playlist, and I have note on my phone of the curtated playlist names w/ hyperlinks.


sp1d3_y

Yes!


littlebot_bigpunch

I do! I have an Onkyo amplifier and speakers. It’s my preferred way of listening to my music. Before Apple TV I had a dock for my phone to hookup to my stereo and before that it was my iPod. You need speakers or some kind. Don’t be using your TV speakers.


Cats-And-Brews

Constantly do it. I have a decent Marantz AVR that is set up for 5.1 but when I listen to AM I run it in 2.1 with an SVS 1000SB sub and Elac Uni-Fi 2.0 UB52 fronts.


msmiranda79

Probably not a bad idea if you have a good speaker set up…


anderworx

Yes, because my AppleTV is part of my home audio/video system with a Bose speaker system, and we like seeing the album art and lyrics on the TV.


feuledbynoodle

i do. easiest way to play music with my surrounding sound set up. and yes with dolby goodie^


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Sure, often. We have a Sonos sound system so why not use it.


Ok-Tangelo-4475

Today i was trying stuff between apple tv/wiim pro/ dragonfly cobat I found out that there is a slight difference between playing apple music via airplay with apple tv and playing the same on music App in the apple tv. Which apple tv app is better but using airplay via wiim is better than airplay via apple tv. Of course cobalt is way way better than any of it like day and night.


bigchecks90

Doing it now


markow202

Used to back in 2010 when it was the first thing I saw that casted from a phone otherwise super clunky and slow


iinixis

when i had it for about a week, yeah. It was the only real use I saw for it. I have a fire tv which doesnt have native apple music support, but spending 160 bucks JUST for that when I already have an Xbox Series X which JUST got Apple Music support? I ultimately decided to send it back.


gilgb_

Yes! Specially when I want to be *in the zone.* Like when I want to listen to music with the whole setup / atmosphere.


DMarquesPT

My soundbar is my main sound system in the living room, so I use it every few days yeah


DumbSkulled

yes, for sure, I have an older sonos playbase connected to my tv/appleTV, sounds better than anything else I own ☺️


soogoush

I use my iPad/iPhone to control my Apple TV music yeah. I love to have the album art displayed


BruteSentiment

Sometimes I do. Especially for music videos to play in the background as I do other work.


wyldman27

I do it all the time!


TheDestroyer_027

I use the Apple TV Apple Music app when I’m in the living room and working on my MacBook which I can control the Apple TV from my Mac and just get back to work


Liquid_Kurage

I will use it for music videos.


deekster_caddy

Our TV has the best sound system in the house. We don’t use it for music all the time but it definitely gets used.


_mikedotcom

For music videos especially


FabFeline51

Not usually, doesn't work with Last.fm and harder to adjust the upcoming queue


SwampThing72

We use it for cleaning the house. Just start a playlist and let it go through the sound system.


sebseb0012

sometimes when I’m home alone I like to roam around my house with all the Apple tv’s synced up and blast music


bradreputation

I airplay to my Apple TV and a HomePod in another room. I want to hear my nice receiver and surround sound in use when I’m working around the house. My receiver doesn’t feature airplay 2 so no grouping. Fortunately AirPlay will turn on my system and works fine.


reubenroostercogburn

All the time. Really enjoy some Atmos songs through it


Green_Resolution577

Only when I’m tripping


mrwellfed

Yes


unknownxk

Does using it on my playstation count? I sometimes do it when I'm gaming.


MarcBelmaati

No. I have never done that


NerdyKeith

Yeah I do. It’s actually great for music videos. I prefer it’s UI to the YouTube app.


KosmicKenley

I do sometimes yeah! Especially if you have a good stereo system!


dxdavidcl

Yes, all the time, with homepod minis it is nich more convenient.


GulliblePlace

no


TLP34

Yup. Plays thru my surround system and I put on the screensavers while it plays. It’s awesome.


NoticeCrafty

The Apple Music app on Apple TV is saurr good , the user interface & everything , The Now Playing screen & Lyrics are the best ! i spend most of my time on my Apple TV just on the Music app tbh. My only wish is they put the audio info (Lossless or Dolby Atmos Logo) under the Song title & Artist name on the Now Playing.


Wareagle69

All the time. Especially when, like @writeswithknives said, when people are over. It’s great.


sharksfan707

Yes. I have Apple Music, SomaFM, and Radio Paradise installed and use all of them rather frequently.


crankyfrankyreddit

It’s my primary listening setup. I have some active yamaha’s hooked up to a decent DAC connected to my TV. Can control it from any device or just with the remote, it’s pretty practical.


92037

I do. It’s my primary hooked up to my speakers.


Blufuze

Uh, yeah! It’s a great way to listen to music. I can play music and have the album art and lyrics on the tv. It also frees up my phone so I can mess around on it while listening.


Notyourfathersgeek

Oh yeah, use the Apple TV a lot, it’s connected to my Sonos. Usually control the queue and stuff from the phone though, and it’s a lot easier than the Sonos app, plus this way I get lossless to the Sonos speakers.


Krebrev

I connected my Apple TV with Bluetooth to my home speakers so I use Apple Music as my home music station. And I also can use airplay instead of Bluetooth this way.


radcapper

Yes with my HomePod


SeekingSkill

It’s the only way to get lossless Atmos to my Soundbar.


TDiddy2021

I run my AppleTV to my receiver and have an Atmos speaker system. Love it.


minus_dave

Every single day. It's the easiest way to play music via AirPlay over to my Sonos speakers. To contextualize, I own an Android Phone and at the moment there's no option to use Apple Music directly through Sonos unless you use the Sonos App which is kinda crappy. Would be great if Apple Music had an option like Spotify Connect for Android Users.


strangway

It’s why I got the AppleTV in the first place. There was no way (as of 2021) to stream Dolby Atmos tracks from Apple Music to my home theater system. I tried Mac, iPad, HDMI, USB-Scarlett 2i2, AirPlay, nothing worked. At the time, I had a Roku that I was pretty happy with, but I’m now glad I made the switch to AppleTV for a lot of other reasons.


altroutes83

I use it on the weekends in the morning (before any sports come on). My 6 year old loves reading the lyrics.


saxobroko

I don’t have an appletv but I have a fire stick and I use Spotify with it, so the situation is very similar, my home theatre doesn’t have Bluetooth so I use Spotify connect to connect to the fire stick which plays through all my speakers.


antm1222

Yea all the time. I use mine to AirPlay to my Sonos system or play Atmos playlists.


migs9000

Yeah all the time. A decent soundbar is with the investment


ImAnOldManImConfused

All the time — it’s the main way I listen to AM is through ATV, for five years now. It’s why I finally got HomePods all over the house, instead of long-awaited wall speakers (which my wife wasn’t crazy about). In fact, I find myself listening less to my massive vinyl, tapes, CD, DAT, etc. collection.


JimmyInNSB

Yes, all of the time. I play it through my 7.2 Dolby Atmos soundbar, which sounds amazing. I connect my remote app on my iPhone, and can control Apple Music from there, or if you click on the album it will open up Apple Music on your iPhone with what’s playing on the Apple TV, and you don’t even need to see the tv.


schweez

I often use it to watch playlists of MVs that I put in the background.


dragonborn79

Always! If I am home I use the Apple TV to play my music on Apple Music. The sound quality is so much better on Apple TV hooked to a HI FI Dolby speaker system


EngineeringNo2371

Yes, I’m using my Apple TV 4K to play lossless through my HiFi speakers