Delay when using Airport Express

a friend hooked up an airport express yesterday in a place with a few macs - there seems to be about a 2 second delay when clicking on any mp3 song in itunes. Is this normal?
Any way to reduce the delay?

Thanks snives,
You're talking about Airtunes right
Yes, Airtunes.
Try to not let it bother you.
Just can't use it for professional timing needs - so useless for us...
Alternative wireless methods would be to transmit raw audio using another device
* interesting - what other device are you thinkng of?
or use an audio cable if that's possible in your situation.
already tried that - works fine - but don't want the cable

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