Alternatives to Hi-Fi also with optical?

Does anyone know of an alternative to the Hi-Fi that has:
1. optical input to receive digital signal from Airport Express (like the Hi-Fi)
2. self powered (like the Hi-Fi)
3. two separate speakers
Goal is to extend Airtunes to other rooms of the house without the need for external amps/receivers. There are excellent powered speakers that sound better than Hi-Fi but don't have optical input.

Ah. Much clearer to this antipodian now
If you have a look at page 15 of the Setup Guide for Airport Express, available at http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPortExpressSetupGuide.pdf - it shows the connections it can be made to plug into.
Every hi-fi system I've seen has stereo RCA jacks (red and white plugs) on the back for accepting auxiliary inputs. You'll just need to get the appropriate cable from your supplier of choice. If you system is more modern, using fibre optic cabling may be a better option (avoids ground loops, avoids multiple analog/digital conversions, etc).
You can only use iTunes to send sound to the Airport Express, unless you get a third party application like AirFoil (from http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/ ), so technically "what I like" would need to be restricted to that which you had in iTunes, but basically, yes.

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