music playback problem

[milt]

Hi and thanks. everytime I play music or any audio the first 5 to 8
seconds sounds interfered with, skips a beat
or fuzzy. J ust not right. This happens no matter which
player I use and same with CD's and streaming audio.
This a problem new to me.Any help would be really
appreciated.
Thanks, Milt

 

[Taurarian]

Suggestions to try:

Try switching your CD drive to analog playback.
Choose Tools, Options and then click the Devices tab. Select your CD drive
and click Properties. In the Playback section of the properties dialog box,
select Analog.

If this doesn't solve the problem:
Select Digital again, and then try selecting Use Error Correction (in the
same dialog box).
Disable the SRS and the graphic equalizer:

In Windows Media Player, on the View menu, click Now Playing Tools.
Select SRS WOW Effects and Graphic Equalizer respectively.
Click the On/Off toggle button to the Off mode.

Make sure that the sound card drivers and CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive firmware
are up-to-date.

Also you may wish to look at:-


Visualizations might have a noticeable impact on system performance on some
older computers. If your other programs slow down while you play CDs, choose
View, Now Playing Tools. If Show Visualizations is checked, choose this
command to turn visualizations off.