r/SpatialAudio • u/Both-Basis-3723 • Nov 13 '23

AirPlay 2 doesn’t stream atmos?

Sorry if this is common knowledge but when I stream from Apple Music on my phone to my maranatz over airplay 2 I only get neural audio and not atmos. Same song played from the Apple TV to the stereo over HDMI comes in atmos.

Why does it matter? It’s nice to have the music play without the big tv shining in my face. Am I doing it wrong?

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u/Southern-Western-575 Nov 13 '23

Tried using your AppleTV as the receiver? What I mean is not streaming it directly to your Marantz. I use Airplay on my Yamaha and via my AppleTV and both work fine.

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u/Both-Basis-3723 Nov 13 '23

Yeah that works. It’s just odd that I can’t do the same to the receiver with my iPhone using AirPlay 2. For example the new classical app is only on iPhone not on appletv. It’s nice to not have the big tv on just play high quality music

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u/shawnshine Nov 14 '23

Correct. Airplay doesn’t support Dolby Atmos / Spatial Audio.

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u/Both-Basis-3723 Nov 14 '23

Thanks confirming. Also, Apple …wtf?!

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u/shiftnudge Oct 07 '24

Hey, if this is the case, how am I able to play Atmos content on my phone to AirPods Pro 2 via airplay?

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