Upgrade to new Extreme, old Express no longer recognized.

Original setup: 2009 iMac (Mavericks), Airport Extreme (A1143), Airport Express (A1264-extending range). All worked fine, and worked equally well on new iMac retina (Yosemite).
Upgraded to Airport Extreme 802.11ac (A1521) on the retina iMac. Works great, but not quite to the other corner of the house. However the system no longer recognizes either the early Airport Extreme or Express. Where is the problem? Yosemite? Airport Utility? Hardware incompatibility?
Current solution: place the new Airport Extreme in the middle of the house with long ethernet cable. But I’d like to use the Express to drive remote speakers. All devices connected are at least “n” capable.

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