Multi Room zones and Apple TV?

I have recently bought an Apple Tv that I am very happy with however I now want to expand my current living room set up. Currently I use the Built-in TV speakers to listen to Music/films etc via my Apple Tv but If I continue I will ruin my TV speakers.
I am about to invest in a 5.1 surround sound speaker setup but I also want to create the ability to add a multi zone function so that I can watch a movie in my living room (through surround sound speakers) whilst I play music in a different room, at the same time.
Does anyone know what the best setup is to achieve this type of requirement that can also be controlled from, say my Iphone?
Many Thanks

Bobby,
Just remember that your itunes is key and shareing must be turned on. You will need to go into settings and name the apple tv for that room, also for what I beleive is best results, I put all my media such as movies and music on a storage device as a library get very large after a while and change my setting in iTunes to reflect the storage. Also, I have surround sound in my main room and it works great on a bose system. But I also put Apple TV 2's in every room that I have a TV in so anyone can listen to there own choise of music or movies and not be anchored to 1 room. Now to control the device from iPhone you will seek that particular device name and tell it what to do, again each having its own name will allow to manage each device. Now can you play the same song on each device at the same time I don't know.

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