Periods of silence when playing radio to multiple speakers

running itunes on an xp machine. apple airport connected to my stereo. when I have "multiple speakers" selected, I frequently hear periods of silence while the radio is playing (and therefore streaming to the stereo). also, with "multiple speakers" selected, I frequently can't start a station playing. I double-click on the station name and the name comes up in the display but it just does nothing. if I select "my computer" for the output, and wait about 5 minutes, the station will play fine. while it's playing, if I then select "multiple speakers" the station will stop and refuse to play again. and if I can get it to play, it "skips" with periods of silence. playback of local files is fine, in all configurations.

Hi Ian, thanks for that, I bought AirFoil, seemed to be just what I needed. Its a great piece of kit, I can even use my iPhone as a remote speaker! But it falls short of my requirements. To play music videos without a 2 second audio lag, you have to use the in built video player, which only allows single files to be loaded rather than a playlist, meaning each song needs to be loaded individually, which isn't perfect for parties!
I will keep looking for a solution. Really appreciate your help, I thought you had cracked my problem with Airfoil!
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Disclaimer: I've spent 3-4 hours searching for the answer, so - I'm posting another "Sound Drop Out" thread.. sorry!
I have 1 new AirPort Extreme, and 3 Expresses. I can stream music to one at a time without much problem. As soon as I try to go to more than 1 the sound gets very, very choppy (this includes 1 airport express and the computer speakers).
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