Harman kardon sound sticks III are faulty

hello I bought a imac with the harmon speakers but when volume goes high the sound breaks up I have tried hifi /laptops other imac intel all when sound goes up it breaks up mainly on songs at high volume levels could it be faulty see my video on youtube let me know if you think some thing is wrong thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_FqYUILcc

Hi Paul,
I don't have any to test, sorry. Seems defective here, but hopfully we get more help here.
Long shot, but...
Open Audio Midi Setup in Applications>Utilities, see the input & output options & KHz setting there, any diff if a different KHz?

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