Fluctuating sound/volume level?

I noticed that when playing music in iTunes the volume level somehow fluctuates. Suddenly the music is noticable louder than before. The problem is, it's not really reproducable (it doesn't happen that often but, erm, often enough to bug me). I don't even know if it's a MacBook error (from all the bad luck I already had with this thing, I just assume it). I'm already trying to test my speakers (Creative) on my iPod - so far nothing.
Is there some way to test if the sound hardware is ok on my MacBook?

Yes, use the installer disk and restart while pressing "D".
is the sound is flucktuated per songs or in one songs?
because some songs that had lower bitrate or poor mixing might sounded lower or louder than normar standard songs.
If that what happen, you can use sound check at the iTunes preference to put all songs at the same level.
Try to reset the PRAM to "refresh" the hardware to factory default, and hope that good enough to fix it, if not, consult with apple store near you.
Good Luck.

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