Using Apple TV 2 to replace Sonos- speaker recommendations?

I purchased a Sonos Play:3 last week, but am considering returning it because, although it sounds nice, the integration with iTunes is weaker than I thought:
1) To play music from iTunes, you either have to have a computer on with iTunes running or a NAS installed
2) Your iTunes collection has to be re-indexed after changes are made
3) Sonos doesn't support either iCloud or AirPlay, and according to support staff there are no plans to
4) It's a closed, proprietary system- you need to buy a more expensive Sonos Play:5 just to have an analog line input available.
Enter the Apple TV 2...I'm thinking of returning the Sonos and instead using the Apple TV 2 to stream music from iCloud. I'll control it from my iPhone or iPad with the free Apple remote app. Since I don't want to have the TV on when playing music, I can't use the Apple TV's HDMI connection for audio, so I need to use the Toslink output. If I want to add more remote speakers later, I'll rely on AirPlay, and use iTunes either on the PC, iPhone or iPad.
(Note to Apple: please update the Apple TV 2 so it can be an AirPlay source, and please make it so all AirPlay sources, including the iPhone and iPad, can be sent to multiple destinations at once with individual volume control, not just when the source is iTunes on a computer!)
Since I don't have a receiver or existing speakers, I'm looking to replace the Sonos Play:3 with a decent powered speaker system meeting these requirements:
- Must be: under about $350, or 275 euros, although I might stretch a little
- Must be: white in color (my girlfriend's requirement)
- Nice to have: Toslink input (without Toslink, it must have an aux line in and I'll get http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10423&cs_id=1042302 &p_id=2948&seq=1&format=2)
- Nice to have: AirPlay support
- Nice to have: available from the EU / Czech Republic, although I can get something shipped
The Libratone speakers look nice, but they're too expensive: http://store.apple.com/us/product/H6599VC/A/libratone-live-airplay-speaker. Bose products aren't available here in Czech, and anyway I returned my last Bose computer speakers after not being very pleased with price / performance.
Does anyone have any speakers meeting the above requirements, and is happy with them, or at least have a suggestion?

Adam Silverman wrote:
Is it possible to use my Sonos Play:3 speakers with my Apple TV?  I have a pair of speaker connected thru a Sonos Bridge to my home wifi network. The Sonos are great and now (with Sonos Desktop 3.5.2) work very well with my iTunes library, but I'd like to get the benefit of the Sonos sound quality while watching TV or a Movie thru my Apple TV.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
No - Not Directly.
AppleTV has only Digital Out - no Analog Out. 
Sonos users who have an AppleTV will port their analog audio from their TV set into the analog line-in inputs of a ZonePlayer.  The Play:3 does not have any audio inputs of any type.  You may be out of luck if that's all you have in your Sonos system
You'll need a Play:5, ZP90, or ZP120 to do this.  Once within the Sonos wireless-mesh environment, any other ZonePlayer will be able to play the TV's audio.
Be aware, that you may have a 70ms delay that can throw off the TV's lip sync (or make it better as the case may be).
You can learn more on integrating you AppleTV if you search the Sonos user Forums directly.  See: http://forums.sonos.com/index.php
I have a six-zone Sonos system along with AppleTV.  I choose not to connect the two.  My TV has a decent audio bar hooked into it, and I keep my Sonos audio separately from the TV.
YMMV
Best of Luck

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