Airport Express fails to be streamed from by iTunes

So when I use the Airport Utility (v.5.4.2) to configure an airport express (v.6.3) everything's fine. It can join my WPA network and is visible in iTunes (v.9.0.3).
But as soon as I try to connect:
An unknown error (-15006) ocurred while connecting to the remote speaker <blah>
The annoying aspect is using Airfoil and other apps (e.g. Spotify) I can stream perfectly, but as soon as iTunes attempts to connect, I see the error and need to cut power and restart it to make it visible again.
iTunes can't eat its own dogfood, but Airfoil can?
The firewall is disabled, if that's your first suggestion!

First of all, I feel your frustration...
Second, you cannot install Airport Express on any device...
You can only install "Airport Utility" on devices......
Third, your profile shows you have a Black Macbook running 10.5.5
Is this correct??????????????
A little more info and updated information will help all of us.........

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I have an airport express which is connected to some speakers and I'm using Airplay to stream music from Itunes to the speakers.
However the speakers keep disappearing from itunes. If I reboot the Airport Express they reappear, then have a few hours will disappear again!
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I recently discovered that my airport extreme is not working anymore to stream music to my home stereo anymore.
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You need AirPort Utility 5.6 to configure an older Express. The problem with that version is that Mountain Lion will refuse to let you install it.
This dilemma is easily solved. You simply need to extract the app from the installer package using a package extractor like Pacifist or unpkg. Pacifist is shareware, unpkg is free.
Download Pacifist here: http://www.charlessoft.com/
Download unpkg here: http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Download AirPort Utility 5.6 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
When the AirPort Utility .dmg file finishes downloading, open it to expand and reveal the AirPortUtility56.pkg package installer file.
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Open Pacifist and from its File menu, navigate to the package and open it.
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Select it and then click Install from Pacifist's toolbar. It will then be installed in your Utilities folder, and you can quit Pacifist.
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If you happen to have an archived copy of the AU 5.6 app somewhere, such as a Time Machine backup or equivalent, you can simply restore it or drag the app to your Mountain Lion system's Utilities folder instead of resorting to the above procedure. It will run without complaint. It is only the package installer that is the problem.
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