Airport Express + TV + Bowers & Wilkens MM-1 Speakers Setup

I am interested in purchasing the Airport Express and need some help before I purchase to make sure its the right solution....
I currently have the MacMini, 40" LCD HDTV, Bowers & Wilkens MM-1 speakers and want to add an express to use airplay with my iphone & macmini but I also want to use those same speakers with my TV for audio and unsure on how to hook everything up to share the same speakers between the airport express and the TV.
Anybody with any know how please post your feedback with instructions on what I may need for this solution
Thanks in advance!

I have more or less a similar setup, I would recommend an Apple TV2 to add to the TV though, it simplfies the cable situation whilst also providing airplay. My setup is speakers and amp connected to TV, ATV2 connected to TV and iMac for streaming to it. If you use an express you would need a 3.5mm jack to connect to speakers, and then unplug them when you wanted to use them for the TV, which is annoying. The Apple TV is only £20 more expensive and does the same job plus other features (except the wifi network part). But if you didn't mind you could plug the speakers into whichever source you needed.

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Hi:
Thanx for your reply.
After several more hours of trial & error over the weekend,
I finally have the Green Light (LED) on the Airport Express.
And it stays green, even if I unplug it from the AC outlet,
and plug it back in later. I have the green light so this
tells me that I have gotten past one hurdle.
OK...in order to get this far, I had the AE wired to the
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told me how to take my laptop from a hardwired connection
to wireless, but it doesn't address the issue when you have
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