Good day all ... I'm having an issue with the sound quality in iTunes, and was wondering if anyone has or is experiencing the same thing. I recently upgraded to 4.5, and it was working normally for a few days, but yesterday I noticed that there was a lot of distortion and/or hiss being heard along with the file(s) and/or CD's. I get this using the built-in sound-card, or using my 'echo indigo' sound card. I am using XP, so I have tried system restore, but cannot seem to restore to a point that will resolve the issue. I have also tried uninstalling iTunes, and doing a clean install a couple of times. The last thing I tried was to go back to iTunes 4.2, but the issue is still there. I've searched the forum for similar issues, but have not found a solution. One post suggested changing the wavout in quicktime to the preferred sound card, but I am not finding where this can be done. I am just curious if anyone else is experiencing this. I should note that I have a number of sound apps on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100), and do NOT have this issue with any of the other apps.
I would prefer to use iTunes if I can, but this is quite the obstacle.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers~

Peter