ATV Audio is Horrible

Over the last few weeks the audio playback on my ATV has been very unreliable. Practically everything I stream has horrible audio with dialogue that sounds like people are in a tunnel. Everything I have tried to stream from Netflix is totally unacceptable. Many things that I stream from itunes library on my imac are fine. Other things are not. I thought maybe my ATV had something wrong with it so ordered another one. Same issue. Did a restore. Same issue. Now I am thinking possibly it's the HDMI cable so I have ordered another one of those. I really hope the cable is the problem. Since I don't have TV and I rely on my ATV as my only source of this type entertainment, it's very disappointing, not to mention frustrating, when it doesn't work right.
Maybe I should get a Roku.
Anyone else having this problem and found the solution?

This is what I am saying, the actual audio quality is good I have already compared and there is nothing wrong with your driver as it gives the good audio output to your headphones. did you also notice that its crazy loud? even puting on the minimum volume it sounds quite loud. Your iMac speakers arn't normal they are $10 speakers. also this high volume has a nagative effect on your amplifer by overloding it cuts off the low frequencies and makes it sound tiny. the only way is if there is a different driver for your mac soundcard. I guess its for all macs the same audiocard or driver. Good Luck!

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You could try right clicking on a piece of footage and select " make multi-clip sequence' this will make a sequence native to your footage and it may help.
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Alley_Cat wrote:
this support note indirectly suggests it should work with HDCP enabled DVI adapters:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4428
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Additional Information
Even if your HDTV supports HDCP, you may still experience HDCP related issues when connecting your Apple TV (2nd generation) to your HDTV if:
You have connected your Apple TV to a HDMI-to-DVI adapter that does not support HDCP
You have connected your Apple TV to your TV using a HDMI cable that does not support HDCP
You have connected your Apple TV to your TV via an AV receiver that does not support HDCP
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