Airport express or apple tv

The apple Tv and Airport express are the same price but the Apple Tv does more.
Should i buy an Apple tv to stream my music to my stereo in the other room ?
Or should i buy a Airport express ?
Does the Airport express have more faetures that the Apple TV doesn't have ?
I currently have
IMAC27"
Ipad3
Iphone5
applleTV
I just want to be ablle to stream music tto the stereo's i have through my Two storry house
I just purchaced the Airport Express but i'm now thinking i should of bought another Apple TV ?

• Asked by David C from Kingsley
• May 5, 2013
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Does Airport Express support the new TVs which have built in WiFi for streaming content such as Netflix?

I have a New Sony TV which has built in WiFi. Does the Airport extreme support streaming with this TV.

Have an older Airport Extreme, one band, 2ghz and it does not stream fast enough. Keeps loosing connection, has to stop and load the content.

Want to purchase a new Airport with 2 & 5 ghz speeds and dual bands, but only if it supports fast steamless streaming.

• Asked by Kathleen K from Charlevoix
• Dec 27, 2012
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is there audio quality difference between the airport extreme and Apple TV

I want to bring the iTunes library to my stereo, and googling on this there were a number of posts that suggested that Airport Extreme had better decoding for CD quality audio then did the AppleTV. All the iTunes files are of course digital, and I am intending to use the optical output of either the Airport Express or AppleTV.

To really hear a difference I would need to do an A/B test of one against the other - which I do not intend to do, but I do have a very high end system so when things are not as they should be there is no hiding it.

I don't need the AppleTV right now for the theater setting - so video streaming ability would be on hold there, for now but likely added sometime in the next year or so.

It's really a matter of which device is going to be better for delivering the iTunes music library to the stereo system. Why there would be a different between the Airport Extreme and the AppleTV is not clear to me. The limiting source would seem to be the bit rate of the files in iTunes - but perhaps I am missing something. Perhaps there is a difference in DA converters - though that too would seem strange, but with the use of the Digital Optical Out I would think that there should be no difference.

But certainly better to know about it before I buy the device and get it set up - appreciate any thoughts and suggestions.

• Asked by Dan R from Superior
• Jul 23, 2012
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Can apple tv connect to AirPort Express Base Station ?

it does not show on the description. therefore, i am wondering if it works.

• Asked by Wilson L from Plainsboro
• Aug 6, 2012
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If I currently am using the previous version airport express to extend my network with the newest airport extreme is this a worth while upgrade?

If I currently am using the previous version airport express to extend my network with the newest airport extreme will i see any imporvment to my connections in anyway if I upgrade to this new one? speed wise or distance wise perhaps? Or is it not worth upgrading?

• Asked by Andrew Y from Staten Island
• Jun 14, 2012
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Setup 2010 airport express - how to

I have a new modem router combination and now find that my 2010 Airport express does not connect ....how to I set it up again?

• Asked by Hugh M from Bardon
• Dec 8, 2012
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Do you need airport express to use Apple TV or can you just use a wifi connection?

• Asked by Ryan T from Toronto
• Aug 29, 2012
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What is the WiFi chipset in the new AirPort Express?

• Asked by Anthony C
• Sep 10, 2012
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Can the use new AirPort Express and extend an existing network with the old 2011 AirPort express?

• Asked by Marcelo O from Sao Paulo
• Jun 18, 2012
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Does the updated airport express extend existing wifi as the previous models do ?

• Asked by Earnest R H from Yakima
• Jun 11, 2012
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