Airplay speakers keep disconnecting

I have a first generation airport express hooked up to a cable modem (via ethernet) and my stereo (via the 1/8 inch stereo jack). In the same room, about 8 feet away from the airport, I have a latest generation apple tv hooked up to a projector, connected to the airport express via wifi. The apple tv uses airplay to send audio to the stereo via the airport.
This set up will work for a time (anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes), and then without fail, the video I'm watching will stop as if I had paused it and the airplay speakers will disconnect. So if I then restart the video, the audio will play out of the projector's tiny speaker. I can, of course, navigate out of whatever apple tv app I'm in and go into settings to reconnect the airplay speakers, but this is extremely annoying, especially when this happens every single time I use the apple tv, and repeatedly. I can unplug and restart everything in my setup (the airport, the cable modem, the apple tv) and the problem will go away for a little while (maybe 30 minutes) but it always comes back. I'm really hoping to find a solution to this incredibly annoying problem. I've searched these forums, but haven't found anyone with a solution.
I have followed all of Apple's recommendations for wifi router settings. I have also used the wifi troubleshooting app to locate a radio channel that no one in within range is on (channel 10) and am currently using that channel, but it hasn't helped at all.

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Connect the Apple TV via ethernet.
Reboot ATV and Airport Express.

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