Issue w/ Airport Express (new gen) - cuts off Airplay Music

I'm having this really frustrating issue with an A1264 Airport Express: whenever I play a song from my iPhone (4S), it cuts out every 30 seconds or so, and takes about 5 to 10 to recover. I've tried downgrading it to 7.5.2, but it only made matter worse.
Thanks in advance,
Darie

PS: It plays back fine when streaming from PC. However, my iPhone streams just fine to another Airport Express (from the Apple Store). Any help would be awesome :)

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