Local Music vs. Streaming from the Mac

Is there a difference in sound quality? I bought an ATV with a larger HD because I have a pretty large collection of music and I figured that it would be preferable to have that collection residing on the ATV. With the advent of the "genius" feature in the latest iTunes though (very cool, imo), I find myself having to stream to listen to various playlists on the fly. I hope the ATV inherits the genius feature, but then, that's a subject for another thread.

digital signals never degrate from low bandwidth or poor signal quality
they pass or dont and if they dont you get a pause untill the buffer is full again
same with music and movies

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