Flac files converted to alac have muddy sounding bass?

I'm a noob audiophile and I was wondering why it is that when I convert a file from flac to alac that the bass sounds so muddy. At first I thought that perhaps it was because I was mainly using the built in speakers on my MBP and that they couldn't handle too much bass. I tried switching speakers, headphones and earphones and nothing solved the problem. Then I played the original flac file using the songbird media player (it has bit-perfect playback) and I noticed that the flac files sounded much better and had none of the muddyness in the bass that the alac files have. I've read on some forums that an iTunes plug in of some sort might solve the problem but I've not been able to find anything that pertains to solving my problem. If anyone could either explain to me why it is that this happens and/or suggest a solution so that I don't have to use two differnt media players (I'd prefer to stick with iTunes but it doesn't have native flac compatibility) I'd be most appreciative. I have tried using Fluke but didn't like it since I have to open iTunes in 32 bit mode to use it and it seems to make iTunes lag when navigating through songs.

Andar,
The plug-in you probably heard about is Xiph. It is far from trouble-free, but you can check it out here.
It is possible that whatever you are using for conversion is soing something not quite right.
I assume you have verified that native ALAC files (ripped directly from CD to ALAC, or purchased in ALAC format) do not have this problem, and it only applies to ones that were converted from FLAC?

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