AP Express cutting music

Hello there,
I just bought Airport Express 802.11 I've set it all on Mac and it work perfectly, internet and airtunes.
However when my roommate try to play some music on itunes from his WDS on the living room speakers it start to cut the song in and out... this keep happening and now it start to happen when I try to put some music on from my Mac as well...
Any ideas how to fix it ?
Thank you !
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If only this problem was as easily fixed as by adjusting a single setting!
This is a frequently discussed problem in this forum. See this long running discussion on the topic:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1113505&#1113505
Bottom line - there is no single solution that works for everyone, and for some people there seems to be no solution.

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