Distorted Warner CDs in itunes - a solution

I've had problems importing some CDs into itunes. They seem to import but are seriously distorted on playback. They are also all made by Warner. I looked here and on the internet in general and it seems to be a common problem and none of the suggested solutions seemed to work. Maybe everybody knows a solution but, just in case, and in the spirit of general helpfulness here is a solution that worked for me. I just used an external CD/DVD player connected via USB. The CDs then imported fine with no distortion. This is in Windows 7.
I don't know yet if it will work for all my Warner CDs or if it will work for anyone else - best of luck.

Sounds like it's system-wide on your PC, then.
Or a problem with the actual 20 CDs, which seems unlikely.
If it was my PC, I'd either
1) reinstall the CD drivers or
2) try ripping on a different PC

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