Remote use of iTunes via Airport

What's the best way to play music stored in iTunes from the location where my stereo is? As the two systems are on different floors, I would like to access iTunes from where my stereo is (i.e. select songs, playlists, internet radio etc.). Is anybody aware of a device that allows me to do this in an elegant way via the AirPort Extreme?

If you plug your Airport Extreme into your stereo, then all you need is something to control iTunes remotely. The Keyspan Remote will work, but that requires line-of-sight and you won't get any feedback to allow you to browse your library.
I use a Palm T3 (bluetooth enabled) PDA with Salling Clicker software. If you have a Bluetooth mobile phone that will work too. All you will then need is a Bluetooth module for the Mac that has iTunes on it.
BTW Salling Clicker cannot change or select the speakers that iTunes feeds the audio to. You need to select this manually.

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No disk maintenance recently. I have a week old backup of the entire iTunes folder along with the Library. I tried moving that backup Library (file only) into the AE server location but that did not change anything in terms of access.
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