Itunes Airplay to Apple TV Audio Latency

Hello,
Not sure if there is an issue or if this is just inherent, is it common that there is a 4-5 second delay for audio to begin playing when switching songs from my Mac over Airplay to my Apple TV?
I have tested this over ethernet and wifi, with the same delay. I have an airport extreme, so I don't think the router is the issue.
Just a bit annoying when you keep skipping songs to find a specific one with 5 second delays, gets tedious.
Any help is much obliged!

Did you ever resolve this issue? It just started happening to me with the last ATV2 update / iTunes update.
Unfortunately I don't know which update caused it, becausse it was all inconjuction with the 'iCloud' update...
My current set up is an ATV2, airplay from 27" iMac with Caldigit 4TB external which houses my iTunes library. I have been running this setup for over a year without delay, then all of a sudden - poof - delay.
The delay isn't just music - it's EVERYTHING from iTunes libarary - movies, tv shows, music...anything...
No delay using Airplay from any portable devices, such as iPad or iPhone, just from iTunes library. It's not the end of the world, eventualluy everything IS in sync...just annoying/suspicious...
Thanks..

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