Airtunes can't join remote speaker

I have a repeated problem where my airtunes will not connect with multiple speakers that include the computer and a set of remotes through my Express. It seems I have to constantly restart iTunes using the remote speakers only or sometimes have to reset the Express. This happens so frequently I am tempted to just give up using airtunes. Is there a permanent fix?
Here is the error message I get: An unknown error occurred (-3294)
Cliff

I have a similar problem. It used to work well, but lately has been returning the same error. Please let me know if you find a fix.

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