Can anyone get these to work??!!??!!  Airports don't work well together

I have two airport expresses. I bought the second one to extend the range of my existing airport network. Both airports work fine when configured as a standalone main base station. But, when I set one up to be a remote/relay station, performance on both devices suffers. I know some decline in internet speed is expected, but mine slows to a crawl . . . like less then 10kb/sec. Plus, my wireless range does not appear to be extended at all.
Additionally, airtunes performance is horrible. I can't get a song to play for much more than ten seconds before it cuts out, pauses, and then starts up again 20 seconds later. It really seems like the connection is just cutting out, both in airtunes and internet, every few seconds.
I have already documented my problems in more detail in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=989979
Any advice??

Be aware that each WDS link cuts the available bandwidth in half.
It could be that you are experiencing RF interference from other devices operating at 2.4 GHz. Have you tried using a different channel? You can change the channel until you find a channel which works better or you run out of channels.
KB 58543, AirPort: Potential sources of interference

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