Drop outs in Songs.

Hi there,
I've recently noticed that when playing songs on my 5g ipod, it will sometimes pause briefly(half a second if that)and then carry on. I played the song back again and its fine, so its not the file.
This happens randomly, sometimes, every 4 songs or so.
I've tried Restoring it but is still happens.
Any thoughts or experiences would be useful as I'm thinking of taking it back, I've only had it since May this year.
Thanks

I am having this exact problem with my new 80 gb model. I have experienced this issue while listening through headphones, but it is more prevalent when I have it connected to my Alpine audio system. I spend more time in my car so I have heard this issue numerous times while driving.
Just reiterate the problem...
I am listening to a track, at the end there is the normal gap between songs. Then the next track plays and then there is another gap (or dropout) in the track that is not supposed to be there. I replay that same track from the beginning and the gap is no longer there.
I have been patiently waiting for an ipod update to fix this problem. But it doesn't seem as widespread as other issues.
Do I take it into the Apple store and explain the problem? The issue with that is I cannot reproduce the problem on demand. What do I do?
80 gb iPod Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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