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Generation 1 Apple TV as a music server

I'm looking for a music server to add to my hi-fi system. Have previously considered the Mac mini(base model), but my budget cannot reach to that level.

As an alternative I'm considering the Apple TV gen 1, as I want to sync all my iTunes music files(AIFF) to its hard-drive, and use that as a hi-fi front end.

Any advice on this choice, or others would be appreciated.
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I love my ATV generation 1. I actually bought a 2nd one as a backup in case one dies. It stores my full music collection in Apple lossless, and all our family pictures. Really cool to put it on shuffle play and watch slideshows.

I've read that an optical connection isn't the best, but it sounds quite good to me.
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