Apple TV 1080P version and Marantz SA8004

Thanks for the input. I just had the SA8004 arrive today. As I've gone to almost straight analog, I recently sold my Wadia 270/27ix separates. I still wanted a player that would play both red book and SACD but I also wanted the ability to stream Internet radio and play mp3 files. Well, for the music lover not wanting video capabilities, and not want to spend a fortune on a digital fron end, the SA8004 is the ticket.

I currently have the Marantz SA8004 for CD and SACD. Then I'm using an Apple TV connected to the optical audio in of the SA8004. I bought a small LED TV (19inch Toshiba) for a convenient monitor.

Although not close to the sound of the Wadia, both CD and SACD on the Marantz isn't bad at all. The DAC for the mp3 files does a great job in the Marantz. Great product for $999. Highly impressed.

I haven't heard AppleTV into the SA8004's DAC, but I'm primarily an analog/vinyl listener too, and I have heard the SA8004. I was very impressed. Many times I find digital playback to sound thin and threadbare, but the SA8004, even playing a std. CD, sounded *really* good. That would indicate among other things that the built-in DAC is excellent. Given that the SA8004 plays both CDs and SACDs, I would guess that it can decode a range of digital datastreams of various bit densities and sampling rates.

Put another way, as a vinyl junkie, if I were to buy one more CD player, it would be the SA8004. Also, if you have any need of amplification, its companion PM8004 integrated amp is *superb* and matches synergistically with the SA8004.

Thanks - just wondering if it would work and if anyone has done this with an AppleTV and SA8004 and the results they obtained.

Thanks for the feedback - I'm contemplating purchasing these and trying it out. I'm mostly into analog/vinyl, but want a simple CD/SACD/mp3/streaming set up.

Are asking if this can be done? Or are just stating what you are doing?

It should work because I have an AppleTV 1080p version and I run toslink out to a D.A.C. And then to my Pre-amp etc.

So if my works then the Marantz SA8004 will work.

AppleTV - Toslink digital audio output
Marantz SA8004 - Toslink Digital input
Marantz SA8004 - RCA Analog output
Pre-amp or Reciever - RCA Analog input

There you go!