Music cuts in and out using Airport Express

This has been happening for the longest time, and driving me crazy and I just haven't gotten around to doing anything about it other than get ****** at Apple..which doesn't really help...maybe it's not even Apple's fault!
Basically, I stream music to two different Airport Expresses, either from my iPhone, my laptop, or my desktop...and the music cuts out sporadically... It also seems to get a lot worse in the evenings...to the point where it cuts out about once every minute or two for at least a few seconds....making me think there might be some kind of interference going on.
But I don't know much about networking... Does anyone have any idea what I can try to resolve this problem?
Thanks!!

The solution?? I upgraded my router to an airport extreme. Works like a charm now.

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