Crossfade Playback

Hi,
I'm using the XP PRO Itunes version 7.6.0.29. I'm having some problems with the "crossfade Playback" option. It works intermitently. Sometimes it will cross between songs with a slight overlap and no fade. Sometimes it will work with both the cross and the fade out and into the new song. It isn't consistent. Is thier a cure for this problem? If the previous song ends softly as recorded and the next song starts with a loud begining, it doesn't seem to work at all. Of course this is the exact situation where one would desire a crossfade playback. I can fix this in Roxio but that is an extreem fix.
Howie

As long as you're working with audio CDs and not iTMS downloads, you can, at the time of importing, use iTunes to Join CD Tracks via the Advanced menu. You can select any contiguous range(s) or songs, or a whole album. You'll get perfect playback without using the crossfader, but you'll not be able to navigate as usual from track to track when you do this.
There unfortunately aren't any players for OS X capable of playing back albums correctly (for the 10-year old Windows 95, yes, but for the newest and best OS X, no), so basically the only remedies are little workarounds like this.

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How is this issue affected if Crossfade Playback is turned on
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