How to set up Apple TV as an Airplay soure?

I have just bought a new Apple TV, Loewe Airspeaker, and thrown away a ton of old hifi kit.
I have also set up iTunes Match and my music collection is now available in the cloud.
BUT.... I can't seem to use my ATV as an Airplay source!! I can stream my music from iTunes Match to the ATV but the only way of outputting the sound seems to be an optical out or HDMI to my TV. And my new Loewe speaker only has a 3.5mm input.
So my options are as follows:
- Buy a DAC to convert the optical out from the ATV to the analog 3.5mm input on my speaker (more boxes and cables and defeats the purpose of doing this in the first place)
- Keep my laptop all the time and use iTunes as an Airplay source (again defeats the purpose as I want to play music without using the PC)
Am I missing something?? Is there a way for the ATV to be set up as an Airplay source??

pretty crap isn't it!
sounds like Apple are getting there with iTunes Match which allows music to be streamed wirelessly over the internet and they are getting there with Airplay which allows you to stream music over a network to different speakers but they haven't put the 2 things together!
Shame, as it would be a great if I could play music though the ATV with the computer (surely the aim of iTunes Match is to do this) but I will have to use iTunes on my Mac as the source sadly.
Or buy a DAC and wire the ATV to the Airplay speaker (again seems to defeat the purpose!)

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