Using iPod/iPhone as an AirTunes speaker?

Does anyone know if it's possible to have an iPod/iPhone act as an AirTunes receiver(speaker), that is, while I'm watching something on my AppleTV, can I stream the audio to my device to listen through the headphones?
Obviously I could play my iTunes content (music/movies/TV) directly on the iPod/iPhone, but in this case, I'm spinning on my indoor bike for hours watching something through the AppleTV (the bigger screen is nice in this case), but the bike trainer is quite loud and the fans I have going are pretty loud as well, so headphones would be ideal.
Some protocol must be available which uses the wireless connection, as I can set the AppleTV to be an AirTunes speaker for the computer controlled iTunes, so basically I'm looking to see if that functionality is available (or could be soon) through the iPod/iPhone.
This would also have other desirable applications such as watching a movie without disturbing someone else, etc.

newtontwo wrote:
Does anyone know if it's possible to have an iPod/iPhone act as an AirTunes receiver(speaker)
see if AirPhones can do what you want.

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