I would have my portable computer as my iPhone music hub, and the Mac mini as a lossless hub for the Beolab 5's. But can I buy lossless via iTunes? Or is AAC the best currently available? Somewhere I read about somekind of "restriction" to the Apple TV, that it wouldn't really be able to output "lossless" quality...? The

BTW, is the iTunes plus " 256-Kbps AAC " equal to "Lossless"?

I'm not sure how one would deal with the on/off trigger and volume control... Perhaps someone else can answer your question?

Only the Beolab 5.

Thanks Soundproof, I'm not shure how you mean different soundcard? The Mac mini don't have any exchangeable parts, right? BTW, the BS9000 is outputting a 16bit/44khz signal to the Beolab 5's, right? And then upsampling it to 24bit/192khz?

Thanks, So the mac mini will be a little better, since it can output 24 bits VS apple tv's 20bits? What about the different optical to coaxial konverters? What kind can you recommend? They seem to be pretty cheap.

I already have a airport express, and I noticed that the mini jack, has also a toslink signal. Can simply the airport be used to transfer my music lossless?

Yes you are right Alex. Lossless would be the way to go, but is it possible to buy lossless audio from iTunes store? The iTunes "Plus" isn't lossless, right? I think I would go with a Mac mini, since it's a bit more versatile. I do have an iPhone, so I would use it as a remote.

Or will the Mac Mini be a better solution sound quality wise?

You get: -Brush to clean them, looks like a lipstick -Powerlink cables, mk2 -Digital coaxial cables -Powercord -Usermanual -A rubber tube to hide and put the different cables together as one I think that's about it. Oh, and the Beolab 5's of-course!