Airtunes "skips" during "multiple speakers" mode...

The problem is when I play in the new "multiple speakers" mode my local PC skips, and remote signal plays fine.
If I select local by itself, my PC plays fine, or if I select remote by itself, it also plays fine. No other issues with Itunes, ever! Just in this mode. And also, when I use my mac (macmini), in "multiple speaker" mode it works fine on both local, local/remote, and remote, so I'm guessing this is just a PC issue.
Ive installed the latest firmware for Airport basestation, Airport express, and my audio card on the PC. I'm using the latest Itunes (6.04.2).
Ive read post and installed the latest directx, and selected safe mode for quicktime. But still nothing has resolved it.
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! -Chris

I have this issue as well with my PC.
Here is what i have ascertained. i have 3 airport expresses (let's call them A, B and C) and then my local pc:
- each speaker (A, B, C) individually works remotely.
- each works with "local pc" when 2 speakers are selected (A+local, B+local or C+local).
- one set of 2 together works okay, but not great (A+C).
- the other sets of 2 are terrible (B+C, A+B)
- forget about playing all three sets of speakers at the same time (ABC) - it doesn't even play for 15 seconds before breaking up.
Speaker A and C definitely have the clearest path to the router, so i may try to move the router close to A and B and see if C becomes a real problem or not... just trying to hone in on the issue - but regardless it seems like multiple sets of speakers overwhelm the network.
is more netowrk power the answer? or is it something more fundamental (i.e., today's wireless networks should handle the traffic).
Chris

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