Burning and Song Quality

Hi, i've been having this problem for a while. I am burning mp3 tracks onto a CD-RW through iTunes. That seems to work fine and i import the songs of the CD but when i listen to the tracks then on my iPod i notice they are now often of bad quality in that some tracks are 'fuzzy' or skip repeatedly.
I have tried seeing would repeating the process again make a difference. But when i burn the tracks, the burnt CD seems to be fine when i play it. The tracks also seem okay when i play them after importing them. However, they're still bad quality and fuzzy on my iPod. I have a feeling it could be when i sync them or play them on my iPod when the problem arise now.
Anyone ever experience the same prob? Any advice on how to get these tracks from a CD-RW at good quality?

RuthL,
I assume then that you must be burning with a program other than iTunes? Pretty darn inefficient! Since you know where the file is, just re-add it to iTunes using the command File > Add File to Library. This command brings up a dialog which allows you to navigate to the file.
That will put the song back into your iTunes library, after which you can sync your iPod the reg'lar way. You will save many CD-R blanks!

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