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Airport Express / I Tunes PC Setup questions

Painfully new, Newbie question. Airport Express connect multiple pairs of speakers in different rooms, to one I Tunes play list / one stereo sytem wirelessly? My goal is to set up speakers in several rooms of my condo for party music. I was hoping to do it with Airport Express and the I Tunes setup but my research tells me that all Airport Express unites / speaker pairs need to plug into the same stereo in order for the same music to be played over them.

Any suggestions or comments?

Also, what are my chances of getting I Tunes to work well with a Dell Dimension 2350 / Windows XP PC system? What level of savy is needed? My computer skills are basic at best.

Many thanks!

Jim (scrambling prior to Holiday Party on 12/11)
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audioengr
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iTunes is very easy to use and setup. The Airport Express can be a tad more difficult on a PC, but here is what I do:

Initial setup - use the Utility Wizard and setup the first AE as a Base Station when connected to either a ethernet network or a cable modem. Once you have done this, unplug the ethernet cable from the AE. Then to turn-on the wireless, go to your computer control panel and double-click on the wireless line in Network connections window. This will brign up a list of available wireless networks. If the apple network is not showing, go to "advanced" window. Then in this window you will see the Apple network displayed. Select it and hit "OK" button. Then, after a short time, the network will connect and you will see it displayed in the network connections window. Later you will see a pop-up display near the lower toolbar that has the IP address info, telling you that a new network has been detected.
audioengr
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"is a DAC required at one end or the other?"

Yes, the AE feeds a DAC or SS processor. 80211.g is what the AE uses.

Multiple sets of speakers from one amp is not advised. Most amps are only capable of driving one or two sets of speakers without severe distortion.
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