Hi allIm seeing everyone having positive reviews on here regarding the playmaker.....i am curretly streaming music via apple tv which seems to work well with the occasional drop out...Are there any differant benifits using playmaker over a some what cheaper apple tv device??Please enlighten me!
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Differances between the playmaker and apple tv?
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The Apple TV can do more, but if you wish to be able to use B&O then the Playmaker is it.
How do you have the Apple TV connected?
I have the apple tv conected via hdmi thru my v1
I recommend:- Apple TV with a beovision- Playmaker with a beosound or only beolabsInstead of a Playmaker with a beosound an Apple Airport Express is a cheaper solution, but then I would use an additional external DAC because the internal DAC of Airport Express is not really good.RegardsRäuber
The playmaker runs on and old networking standard, has a decent analogue to digital converter, you get a pause/play button, basic support for Beo 4 even without Beovision/puc. lastly it can establish its own wifi network, something ATV can't do.
With current Beovision I would prob go Apple TV. With my BV 8 I found though that the sound is not as great if I go from TV to connected Beolabs 3 versus connecting the speaker straight to playmaker.
I am very happy with mine.
It would be very interesting to compare the sound quality between Apple TV connected to HDMI versus Playmaker connected to AV port of a Beovision! Did anybody checked this?/RäuberWith current Beovision I would prob go Apple TV. With my BV 8 I found though that the sound is not as great if I go from TV to connected Beolabs 3 versus connecting the speaker straight to playmaker.
Playmaker supports DLNA as well as Airplay. If a friend visits and has an android phone or tablet, they can connect to your network and stream from there device as well.
Opman
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1328897/appletv-optical-audio-formats-and-sample-rates
"The only sample rate that the aTV2 outputs is 48kHz.
Quote:
| Can it send out 2 channel audio in bit-perfect? |
No. If you want bit-perfect 44.1/16 via AirPlay get an Airport Express instead. Whether you can actually tell the difference is up to you to determine."
The ATV is optimized for video and uses HDMI. The different samplerate creates jitter.
Some may hear it, others not.
As Räuber wrote:
ATV for a tv - PM for an audiomaster, a linkroom via ActiveLink/PC-input or standalone.
@opman - Good point.
Greetings Millemissen
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
I recommend:
- Apple TV with a beovision
- Playmaker with a beosound or only beolabs
Instead of a Playmaker with a beosound an Apple Airport Express is a cheaper solution, but then I would use an additional external DAC because the internal DAC of Airport Express is not really good.
Regards
Räuber
this is all cheap Bno marketing blabla , i guess that the playmaker is even cheaper produced than the aTV , profit maximing brains at bno
Hi gatex,
you are wasting space on the forum - had to look twice to see your comment 😭
Grrr! Millemissen
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
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