ATV2 Sound Distortion
Hi,
I am experiencing horrible sound distortion when connecting Apple TV 2 to my 50" professional plasma Panasonic TH-50PH9 HD TV set. This is a four-year old 720p Panasonic plasma that has a built-in amplifier. The amplifier is rather weak - 2x8 Watts, but I found Polk Audio floor speakers that are rated for amplifiers as low as 8 Watts, and have been having absolutely beautiful sound from several different sources (Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD, Oppo DV-981HD, MacBook Pro). I have never had any sound distortion until I connected the new Apple TV. The sound distortion seems to occur only when playing iTunes content - whether streaming from a Mac's iTunes library or streaming directly from the Apple TV (theater trailers, for instance). I have not yet tried to rent anything on the new Apple TV. When watching Netflix on Apple TV 2, I am not experiencing any sound distortion.
All of my sources are plugged into an HDMI switch (XtremeMac XM02020721). When the HDMI switch is switched to the Apple TV 2, the sound volume through the TV speakers is a lot higher than from other HDMI sources. I wonder if Apple TV 2 is pushing too much sound signal voltage out of its HDMI port and is overpowering my weak amplifier.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I am experiencing horrible sound distortion when connecting Apple TV 2 to my 50" professional plasma Panasonic TH-50PH9 HD TV set. This is a four-year old 720p Panasonic plasma that has a built-in amplifier. The amplifier is rather weak - 2x8 Watts, but I found Polk Audio floor speakers that are rated for amplifiers as low as 8 Watts, and have been having absolutely beautiful sound from several different sources (Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD, Oppo DV-981HD, MacBook Pro). I have never had any sound distortion until I connected the new Apple TV. The sound distortion seems to occur only when playing iTunes content - whether streaming from a Mac's iTunes library or streaming directly from the Apple TV (theater trailers, for instance). I have not yet tried to rent anything on the new Apple TV. When watching Netflix on Apple TV 2, I am not experiencing any sound distortion.
All of my sources are plugged into an HDMI switch (XtremeMac XM02020721). When the HDMI switch is switched to the Apple TV 2, the sound volume through the TV speakers is a lot higher than from other HDMI sources. I wonder if Apple TV 2 is pushing too much sound signal voltage out of its HDMI port and is overpowering my weak amplifier.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Apple TV 2, iOS 4, Macbook (Aluminum late 2008), MacBook Pro 15" (mid-2009)
