Burned CD sounds scratchy

I'm trying to burn CDs from my itunes to play in my car. I've done this before on my old computer, but since getting a new computer I can't get a CD to burn correctly. Here's what's going on:
burning as Audio CD, burning at slowest speed (2x), will play on my computer, and will play in my car BUT the quality is horrible - it's all scratchy.
I'm wondering if the problem is with my computer or something with itunes. The CDs I burned previously were all very good and played well in my car. Any advice? Thanks!

Do you have Windows Media Player on your PC? If so, look in its Help for the article "Burn a CD in Windows Media Player." Set it for audio CD, and burn a CD with 10 or so songs, and play it to see whether you get the same scratchy sound. If yes, the problem is likely not iTunes.

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