Airport express doesnt show up under sound preferences

Hello there,
I have a macbook air (2010 model) and run osx 10.8.6
with itunes i can choose to stream audio via airport express, but if I check my sound preferences, airport express does'nt show up. And I would like to stream music from Spottify as well.
(by the way, alt-bitton and pressing volume doesn't do the trick either).
Any suggestions? Thanks, Layana

I have exactly the same problem with the same osx 10.8.6 on a Macbook pro. Heeelp!

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