Airplay connection issue.

Hi all,
Up until recently I had been using an Airport Express (purely for Airplay). I had a break from it when my Express failed (after a few long uears service) I have since replaced it with a speaker with Airplay built in.
My question is has the way iTunes/Airplay connect to these speakers changed (other then the cosmetic changes in iTunes)?
Previously I could fire up iTunes and it would automatically connect. It no longer does this and I have to open iTunes, then click the icon, then click the checkbox(circle) next to the speaker THEN wait for it to connect. Is this now normal?

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