iTunes playback quality

[WZ_Boson]

Hi,

I hope I'm asking in the right place!

I've decided to rip my CD collection - and, to cut a long story short,
I'm doing it with iTunes ..

MP3 format
192 kbps
Toshiba satellite A10 laptop

One of the (many) things that puzzles me is the very poor playback
quality I'm getting when I replay using iTunes.

Every other player I've got on the machine (Windows media player,
Realplayer, Quicktime - even Nero Showtime) sounds fine - but iTunes
sounds really (and I mean REALLY) rough.

I'm monitoring the output through a good quality amp/headphone system -
so it really is the software.

Funny thing is that if I replay the music on another laptop (a slower
Dell machine) - pulling the stuff off the Toshiba over a wifi link and
using iTunes on the Dell it sounds fine.

I guess it must be something to do with the audio chipset on the Tosh
together with the iTunes codec - but I must admit to being flummoxed.

Any clues?

 

[Mike Williams]

Hi,

I hope I'm asking in the right place!

I've decided to rip my CD collection - and, to cut a long story short,
I'm doing it with iTunes ..

MP3 format
192 kbps
Toshiba satellite A10 laptop

One of the (many) things that puzzles me is the very poor playback
quality I'm getting when I replay using iTunes.

Every other player I've got on the machine (Windows media player,
Realplayer, Quicktime - even Nero Showtime) sounds fine - but iTunes
sounds really (and I mean REALLY) rough.

I'm monitoring the output through a good quality amp/headphone system -
so it really is the software.

Funny thing is that if I replay the music on another laptop (a slower
Dell machine) - pulling the stuff off the Toshiba over a wifi link and
using iTunes on the Dell it sounds fine.

I guess it must be something to do with the audio chipset on the Tosh
together with the iTunes codec - but I must admit to being flummoxed.

Any clues?

You pretty much have it right.

 

[Guest]

I know it's a cliche but I would consider doing a clean install of iTunes or
maybe going into Audio in control panel and making sure the 'use only default
device' is checked - there maybe somethnig rerooting your audio from iTunes.
Have to say I only have experience of that specific application on my macs so
not sure if there is an audio settings option in iTunes PC.