Bad Sound Issues, not Sure what to do here..

It seems my mac is having some terrible sound output problems. Since this my first home mac, it's the first I have to troubleshoot on my own and I'm not quite sure what the problem is. But here's what it's doing:
Using iTunes, the music playback is crap. It sounds very, very full of static and is unbearable to listen to. Though uf I put in a dvd or even watch something from itunes, or a movie through itunes, the sound is great. I've got two little Bose companion speakers, I small monster cable for the rca's and the 1/8" into the headphone jack. The speakers themselves sound perfectly clear when the "audio of my mac's choice" is something which plays back well. This issue I have brought up on the forums before. But it's went a little further, and I thought someone could figure out the problem.
I installed World of Warcraft - a game I like to play for about 2 hours a week - and when the title screen popped up it looked beautiful in 24" i-Mac glory. The sound was loud and the music was crystal clear - then the sound effect of some fire kicked in - and that sound effect was intolerable to the ears. Sounded like bad short-wave radio on it's wost night. Very crackly, full of static. When I get in game, the background music is beautiful, but all spell effects / voice / or action sound is coming out as terrible. So I thought, "Okay, lets unplug the speakers and use the macs internal speakers." Did that and had the same effect, only sounded worse on the internals. All sound effects and EQ's sturned off in itunes.
Sorry for the long interlude, but that's whats going on I can't make heads or tails of why 'some' audio is fine and 'some' is not.
I'm also getting a "phazed sound" as posted by another user on here. Tends to fade left to right, not keep the audio centered, weirds me out, and again makes this beautiful piece of machinery sound like a gameboy. The first one.
Is this a warranty issue?
Bad sound card?
Is there a setting I'm missing here?
If it were a bad card, do I send it to Apple or take it to the Apple Store in Best Buy where I purchased the iMac, to the "I-have-no-idea-what-a-mac-is-or-how-it-works -- here, buy a monster cable for $40 and your problems are solved." guy?
Should I buy something that has digital in sound, fearing having the same results since It's not the speakers? (Probably not, hmm )
Any and all help much appreciated. It's driving me nuts here, music and sound is my life and1/2 the reason this machine was purchased.
Merry Christmas to all of you!
Message was edited by: stevemasten

Does this happen with the build in speakers?

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