ITunes 10 no remote speaker access

My remote speakers are not accessible from iTunes 10. Sometimes they are, but for no apparent reason they vanish from time to time.
I have checked the usual 'allow' access places. Anyone figured this out?

john_vincent wrote:
there's no speaker logo next to the song in the playlist that is currently playing. There used to be.
there still is for me ...
JGG

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