How is the Apple TVs analog audio quality?

I am thinking about buying an Apple Tv to stream music to my home theater system. Currently I have an airport express, but it's audio quality is not very good, even while streaming 320kbps AAC. I can not hook it up via the Optical port as my receiver doesn't have an optical in. Does the Apple TV's quality surpass that of the airport express, or is the same audio chip in both of them?
Thank you in advance.

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