I have a device that shows up in my airplay device list on my iMac, and my phone.  This device does not exist.  How do I get it out of the list? I would like to drop it before I add new airplay devices to my network.

I have a device that shows up in my airplay device list in iTunes, and on my iPhone that does not exist.  How do I delete it? I have OS X 10.10.1 on my iMac, and iOS 8.1.2 on my iPhone 5.  I would like to get it out before I add new airplay devices to my network.

I called Apple tech support.  The device turns out to be a WiFi extender.  I never would have guessed that the extender would show up on the list since I wouldn't think of it as an airplay device, and in the list, it shows a little speaker icon.  In the process of talking with Apple, I gained a greater understanding of how airplay works. 
It turns out that there is no stored list of devices in a file on the mac, or anywhere else.  I have seen a lot of traffic on the web from people trying to modify this list, but there isn't one.  iTunes, and other devices simply poll the network for airplay devices from time to time.
Have a very happy holiday!
I would like to get rid of "just give me the aster, and stop wasting my time", and replace it with my name.  The Apple tech support guy never saw that before.  Just my luck.

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