For those that have older Apple TV’s in the house ( 3rd / 4th generation HD, 2012-2015 )  and use them for streaming music over Airplay, here’s a little suggestion. The other day I found that Apple Music is blocking the lossless format to stream to these older devices. While if you download and install ‘Airfoil’ on your Mac and select that same Apple TV device as the speaker, you can listen to lossless audio without issues.

The Apple Music app – when selecting the older apple tv model as your speaker – simply switches back to AAC ( 256Kbps) when playing music that is available in the lossless format. If you want lossless over Airplay, Apple forces you to buy a newer generation Apple TV. Of course! It’s called marketing ( or blackmail if you will ).

The workaround: visit the Rogue Amoebe site ( https://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ ) and get Airfoil – in order to enjoy lossless audio on your normal functioning 3rd/4th gen Apple TV. It’s cheaper than a new Apple TV , you ignore Apple’s system requirements and have plenty streaming options ( also to Google Chromecast ).

Enjoy!

~TC