Apple TV 2 Optical Audio Issues

Hey everyone.
I'm usually a DIY kind of person, but at a certain point I just need some help. I recently bought an Apple TV 2nd gen, which I really enjoy. However, being an owner of multiple Apple devices, it's somewhat conditioned me to expect a level of fluidity with everything of theirs I buy. The problem I'm having is with the audio, and it might seem small, but it's driving me nuts.
My setup is a mut. I have a 24" or so Samsung HDTV where I have the HDMI plugged into. I use an optical audio cable to connect the Apple TV to an ancient LGDVT418 receiver, to which a Bose Acoustimass III speaker set is connected. It seems like the problem could be in the receiver, but even though it's very old, it's worked with just about anything I've hooked up to it in the past. The smaller issue is the fact that the clicking noises in the menu only sound every once in a while, a problem that doesn't happen when the sound is coming from the HDTV.
The bigger problem is the "delay" in almost everything I stream. I use quotes because as a musician, delay means there's a gap between what's being played and when you hear it. This is different. On Netflix, for example, when I start a TV show, it loads properly, but there's about two seconds before the audio actually starts playing. The video is perfectly in sync though. At first I tried to ignore it, but it's really started to bug me. This also happens with movies and TV shows on iTunes, and especially when using AirPlay from my iPhone or macbook.
Any help would be much appreciated!

The manual says :
     Optical digital audio port
     Connect Apple TV to a home theater receiver that has an optical digital audio port,using an optical digital audio (also called S/PDIF or TOSLINK) cable
You use an adapter to connect the optical digital audio port to your Beatbox? How does that work? What does the manufacturer say about digital to analog conversion?

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