Airport Express choppy when using multiple speakers

Had a big New Year's party. I setup my recent Mac mini in one room wired directly to a stereo, and my Airport Express (latest model that looks like a white Apple TV) in another room connected to another stereo. I use the Airport Express a lot and it works flawlessly when streaming from iPhone / iPad / iTunes on the Mac.
Everything is running the latest versions (iTunes 11.1.3 (8), Mavericks 10.9, newest firmware on Airport). My network uses an Airport Extreme 802.11n (flat model, not later tower model).
So... I wanted music to play in both rooms, something that I've done at previous parties with no issue - but the music would cut in and out from the Airport Express! Disappointing to say the least.
I troubleshooted all I could:
- Setup the Airport Express from Extend Wireless Network to Connect to Wireless Network
- Tried 2.4 GHz and 5.4 GHz networks
- Ensure CPU usage on Mac was low, and no other programs running
- Restart it all (Airport Extreme, Airport Express, Mac)
- Etc.
All signal strenghts were fine. Whenever I streamed from iPhone directly to Airport Express it was perfect. Only from iTunes to both speakers did I have issues.
Anyone seen this? This has worked perfectly for me before!

This is known to happen:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58543
Try a different broadcast channel on the wireless router.

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