Album Art Causing Digital Distortion

When I have ripped my personal CD's into iTunes and then added artwork, I have never had a problem. Yesterday, when I ripped some CD's and added the artwork, I started to get some very severe digital distortion when I played the tracks back. If I delete the tracks and re-rip the CD's without adding the artwork, they play fine. The only thing that has changed recently in my setup is that I have added a external RAID array. I've been using it for about three weeks with no problem. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions as to what to do? Thank you.

Upon further investigation, I have discovered that the problem exists without the album art. I have tried the audio error correction but that doesn't help at all. I will try a CD lens cleaner but that will have to wait a day or two. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thank you.
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