Can't connect to Airport Express speakers in iTunes

Hi,
I have a Time Capsule and an AX (802.11n).
The AX is connected to a stereo and speakers, and is configured to Join my existing wi
iTunes sees the remote speakers, but when I select them I get an error message and cannot connect.
Also, Airport Utility (6.0) is not allowing me to change the speaker settings (name, password). These options are greyed out, despite the Enable AirPlay option being checked.
Thanks!

OK, I just solved this same (or similar) problem for myself...
My iTunes on MacMini has been connecting to multiple Expresses for years. Every once in a while, iTunes will "forget" that it is to play through the Expresses and reverts to Computer only. So I would just pop open the Airplay menu and select Multlple Speaker and turn them all on again. Weird, but solvable.
Tonight, no go. I could not select any of the Airport Expresses in this Airplay "speaker chooser." I am running OSX 10.6.8 and iTunes 10.6.1. Was it the recent 10.6.1 update? Not sure, but it points to that.
(By the way, are you saying Airport Utility software update, or do you really mean the Express firmware update?)
Anyway, I tried various normal things, restarting this and that. No luck. Googled this and that, etc. Finally took the plunge and updated the firmware in the Expresses and Time Capsule, which restarts the units. This DID NOT solve the problem (not right away, at least).
I notice that my MacBook Pro's iTunes could connect to all my Expresses (even befoe the Express' firmware updates). This was my first troubleshooting check. This got me to think that this was an Airport vs Ethernet issue. (My Mini and all Expresses are hardwired with Ethernet).
So I turned off Ethernet on the Mini and connected it to my LAN with Airport. Sure enough, now the Mini's iTunes could select all the Expresses!
Weirder still, I turned off the Mini's Airport and reconnected it to my LAN using Ethernet. Voila! The speaker settings in iTunes stuck and now everything is fine. (For now!)
Computers... errrrr......

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