MBP2013: itunes playback skips when using NAS

Hi,
I have a Late-2013 MBP with 16MB RAM. When i listen to music from my NAS (WD MYBOOK DUO) I frequently experience skips/gaps in the playback.
I listen to the same files on my iphone without issue, and also access them from a second computer (windows, old laptop) over the same network without issues.
I can only conclude it's something to do with the way my MBP access and/or buffers the songs for playback.
All software is up to date.
I'd appreciate any assistance, because the current situation is obviously untenable.
Thanks,
James

1) I put the two of the files I've been having trouble with on the desktop, added them to itunes and they played flawlessly. I should mention I've been having this issue consistently since trying to play music on the NAS across a range of, but not all, songs. The issue seems to be with larger (ALAC) rather than smaller (AAC) files, but I haven't tested this definitively.
2) The MBP is connected to the NAS wirelessly. I have an airport extreme router (the last version before they went to the tour. The NAS is wired to the router.
3) I use itunes on the MBP to listen to music. On my old windows laptop I used jrmc and itunes, both played with nil issues in the same wireless configuration as the MBP is in. The old laptop continues to access the NAS with nil skipping.
My hypothesis is that there's some issue with buffering the large (all?) files on the MBP. I haven't changed any settings from the factory defaults.
Any assistance to solve this would be sincerely appreciated.
James

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