Streaming music to speakers

i was wondering if i could stream music from my iphone 4s to my speakers without turning the tv on. or do i have to turn the tv on to use apple tv?
P.S: i have not bought apple tv yet. i am asking this question to decide if i should get appletv or airport. could i have answers before christmas please.

I don't doubt you.   HDMI on AppleTV is very fickle.
I never use to but 4.4.2 killed it until my Panaonic TV was turned on.
AppleTV update 4.4.3 supposedly corrected this but some say it still doesn't work for them.
AC

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