Audio quality ipod touch 4

When listening to music through the speaker it is occasionally very grainy and very bad quality,(sounds like listening to an out of tune radio) [sorry dont know how else to explain it]
This only happens with certain songs (seems to be especially blues and some others) so it doesnt seem to be a problem with the speaker, as most songs are fine.
The songs were taken from cds so it isnt a problem with the actual music.
Any ideas as to why this is happening would be appreciated.

Hi,
I would guess that the songs you have (blues) are probably quite old, so the sound quality may not be as good as today's. Just a guess, though.
Hope this helps!

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