ITunes (Win) - audio distortion builds up slowly

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I am running ITunes 4.6 (same thing happened with 4.5) on Win XP.
Most of my files are MP3s.

The problem is that after I have listened to a few (5 or so) songs in
ITunes, I start to hear these snicks or clicks in the background (they
sound a little bit like the sound you hear if you plug in or unplug
headphones while they are playing). It starts with just a couple, and
they steadily increase in frequency the more songs I listen to, until
there are a couple a second. It doesn't change if I stop the player
or skip tracks. But if I shut down ITunes and restart it, everything
sounds fine (for a while).

1) Anybody have this problem?
2) Anybody know anywhere else I can post this question?
3) Anybody know how to fix it?

Thanks a lot - I have searched the web, Apple's support site and the
documentation, and I can't find any answers.

Thanks in advance,

metro

(PS - the mp3s themselves are not distorted - they sound fine when played elsewhere)
 
I am running ITunes 4.6 (same thing happened with 4.5) on Win XP.
Most of my files are MP3s.

The problem is that after I have listened to a few (5 or so) songs in
ITunes, I start to hear these snicks or clicks in the background (they
sound a little bit like the sound you hear if you plug in or unplug
headphones while they are playing). It starts with just a couple, and
they steadily increase in frequency the more songs I listen to, until
there are a couple a second. It doesn't change if I stop the player
or skip tracks. But if I shut down ITunes and restart it, everything
sounds fine (for a while).

1) Anybody have this problem?
2) Anybody know anywhere else I can post this question?
3) Anybody know how to fix it?

Thanks a lot - I have searched the web, Apple's support site and the
documentation, and I can't find any answers.

Thanks in advance,

metro

(PS - the mp3s themselves are not distorted - they sound fine when played elsewhere)
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You may be low on system memory, or your processor may be getting pegged.
 
Don't think that's what it is. System is top of the line as of
September-03, so memory or processor speeds/overload shouldn't be a
problem.
 
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