Audio drops only on one of my two airport express

I recently added another airport express to my network and the audio drops randomly while the first airport express never does that...
The one that works well is next to my cpu and the one that does not work well is about 30 feet away. Moved the cpu closer but no luck.
What to do ???

If your Airport Express devices are configured to "join" an existing wireless network, what is important is the distance (and type of obstacles) between your Mac and the main base station, as well as the distance (and type of obstacles) between the Airport Express and the main base station - not the distance between the Mac and the Airport Express.
Another factor influencing the quality of the connection is radiofrequency inteference - yes, even if one Airport Express works just fine.

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