11.1.5.5, playback, distortion, Windows 7

Playback works fine for several minutes, and then suddenly there's lots of distortion. Any ideas would be helpful. I've seen threads about toggling the EQ settings, but that doesn't seem to work. Also checking against other audio outputs, both on-board and online such as Windows Media Player and Pandora. Both seem fine so far. Also checked if it was streaming from iCloud vs. a downloaded file and both will start distorting after several minutes. Thanks for any help!
System - New i3 64 bit with 8gigs of memory. M-Audio M-Track Interface with updated driver. It's not the machine.

I had the same problem on windows 7. I changed the "Bitrate for Audio Playback" and "Bits Per Sample For Audio" settings to lower values and the problem is gone. Goto Edit, Preferences, Playback. Then restart iTunes. Worked for me. Good luck.

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