Sound breaking up on Airplay if I stream to Airport Express and Apple TV

I have recently bought an Airport Express and latest Apple TV. Both are running nicely on my network, and I can use Airplay to stream music to either from my iMac, but if I try to stream to both then the sound breaks up? Can anyone advise why and how to fix this? Could it be my wireless network isn't up to it (11g)
Many thanks for any advice!

I am not sure this is entirely relevant but since I found these discussions helpful when I had a similar problem here is my two penn'orth.
We have a complex system with two Airport Extremes and 4 Airport expresses of various vintages. One of these was an old (meaning 'g' only & needs Airport Utility 5.6 to service) one, but this had wireless set to 'off' and only served to stream sound to the house HiFi. This one and all but one of the others were roamed (that is Ethernet cable connected), as is the Mac Mini House server (other machines are WiFi).
Breaking up (& other intermittent network issues) only seemed to start with Maverick. I solved this very persistent problem by replacing the old Express with a new one (in fact replacing one of the others and using that). I could conjecture that this had been the only node on the network not capable of GE (though some devices like webcams are not either), but I do not see why this was important.
I still think this rather strange - even the presence or absence of high-data services like eyeTV Netstream made no difference. But having solved it I should not complain - though it would be nice to understand it. It would also be nice if the Airport Extremes included a sound port...
All the Airport devices had been carefully set up according to Apple's default recommendations - so yes some might use 5GHz, though shutting this down did not help. (they still are).
Hope this helps someone!

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Thanks, now we need a bit more information, please, in order to provide you with the correct information that you need.
I assume that you already have one AirPort Express.....either a model A1264 or A1392.....set up and operating OK, is that correct?
If yes, you can extend the network either by using wireless or an Ethernet cable with a second AirPort Express.....either the A1264 or A1392 model. A wired connection is the way to go, if possible, since it provides better performance. But, wireless might work OK for you if you want to try that.
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HT4437 Since IOS 7.1, and the OSX 10.9.2 update, I cannot use Airplay to connect to my Airport Express APs.

Actually, the problem on my iPhones started back with IOS 7.0.6, but I was hoping that 7.1 would fix them. This concerns me because Apple seems to have dropped support for the older Airport Express units (the configuration utility doesn't even run on Mavricks). I know that nothing changed on the Airport side, because I had three of them, and they all stoped working as soon as I updated my handsets. I really don't want to drop $300 to buy new Airport Expresses when these ones should be perfectly fine.

I think the lack of any communication is the answer. The Apple stopped supporting the older Airport Express units a while ago. Even the configuration utility no longer supports Mavericks. I believe that the security change needed in IOS 7.1 made it incompatible with the older Airport Express, and Apple has no desire to post a firmware fix to resolve this problem.
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Greetings all:
I am thinking of getting something to hook to my home stereo for the purpose of streaming music wirelessly.
I see both the airport express and apple tv can be had for $75 refurbished.
I'm curious as to which would serve my needs better?
I know that both will stream music from my main system's itunes library.
However, I also know that the apple tv has a pandora app native to it. That's a big plus.
Whichever one I ended up with, I would control from my sofa using my ipad.
Without knowing anything else, I think I'm leaning toward the apple tv.... but I'm open to point/counter-point.
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After years of reliable service, all of a sudden I cannot stream music from iTunes on my iMac, via my Airport Express, to my stereo system.
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Now, the only way the iMac can stream to the Airport Express is if the iMac also joins the wireless network. In fact, now with Airport turned OFF on the iMac, the Airport Utility cannot see the Airport Express. But here's another weird thing: when I use the IP address of the Airport Express, the Airport Utility CAN connect with and manage the Airport Express, even with Airport turned OFF on the iMac!
I should also mention, the iPad has no issues whatsoever connecting to the D-Link's wireless network and streaming music to the Airport Express.
This all seems like something might have changed on the D-Link wireless router. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out what setting(s) on the router might allow the iMac - over Ethernet - to stream audio to the Airport Express.
Another thing. When I have Airport turned on on the iMac, it can "see" and stream to the Airport Express, but the music has very frequent drop-outs. Could this be related to the fact that the iMac has two IP addresses (one on Ethernet, one on WiFi)?
My goal is to get things "back to normal", where I can turn off Airport on the iMac, and all LAN and WAN traffic from the iMac goes over Ethernet. I have a few questions (for now :-)
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I am having a very similar issue. I use my Airport Express (AX) to stream music from the computers on my network to my stereo via Airplay. I have AX set up to wirelessly join my existing wireless network, which uses a D-Link DIR-655 router hooked to a Time Warner cable modem. I can succesfully connect all of my wireless devices via Airplay, through iTunes to my AX, including two laptops and an iPhone. However, my primary desktop PC, which does not have a wireless card is linked directly via ethernet cable to my D-Link router, and it is not able to see my AX. Similar to your case, I can see the Airport Express from my PC through my Airport Utility by directly typing in the IP address. Note that the AX set-up option to allow Ethernet clients is checked. I also noticed that my laptops will stop detecting AX if I directly connect them to my D-Link router via Ethernet and turn off their wireless cards. They will resume detecting AX when I turn their wireless connections back on. I have tried every conceivable setting of my D-Link router to no avail.

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Ok this is the current situation.
I got a Macbook air with the latest OSX version
A 500 Gb Time capsule with the latest firmware up to date
A Airport Express (with speed N available) also with the latest firmware up to date
The Airport express and the Time capsule are in the same wireless network.
Latest version of Itunes available
The Itunes library is stored on the Time capsule (128GB MCA drive is a bit small)
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I have this problem as well. I do IT for a living, have been for the past 10yrs. Through my troubleshooting steps, here is what I've observed:
- Itunes stops streaming to airport but continues to play in itunes
- unplug airport, it reconnects, but only briefly and audio drops off again
- update itunes to newest version and all works well. I can stream for hours uninterrupted.
- Open Itunes a few months later and "Itunes Version X is available, do you want to update"
- I select "not now" (I want to listen to my music, not wait for an update!)
- Issue presents itself again, streaming audio drops off.
- So I install the freakin itunes update to the newest version
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- Open Itunes a few months later and "Itunes Version X is available, do you want to update"
- I select "not now" (I want to listen to my music, not wait for an update!)
- Issue presents itself again, streaming audio drops off.
- So I install the freakin itunes update to the newest version
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I play music on my hi fi via an airport express attached to my iMac. Since installing maverick the sound quality is terrible and I get frequent distortion, which never happened before. I have reset the airport express and reconfigure my wireless settings.

I play music on my hi fi via an airport express attached to my iMac.
Since installing maverick the sound quality is terrible and I get frequent distortion, which never happened before.
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