How to minimise speed loss through wireless network?

I have recently had a new fibre-optic broadband installation installed & the network speed (via speedtest.net) is an impressive 3-400Mb/sec download & 100+Mb/sec upload, although these are only achievable with my MacBook Pro connected directly to the supplied router with a gigabit ethernet cable. Connecting with the ethernet cable to the nearby Airport Extreme gives a slight loss, but still gives 300+Mb/sec. However, going wireless results in a huge speed loss down to about 50Mb/sec close by and down to about 20Mb/sec max (often only 5-10 Mb/sec) in my office, in a separate building about 30 feet away in which the network is extended by an Airport Express.
This Airport Express is version A1264 which Wikipedia tells me is b/g/Draft N standard. Will I get any better connection speeds if I upgrade to the A1392 dual-band version?
Don't read this as my being huffy about the slowness of 20+Mb/sec, when most people can't get this - I was on about 2-3 Mb/sec until the recent installation and am more than pleased with the speed but want to get the best from the potential that is there.

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