How do I solve unwanted playback distortion on certain audio CDs?

I am having issues with distortion either playing back, or ripping certain audio CDs. I have checked the audio settings, it's nothing to do with them.  I have checked the CDs in other devices, it's not them. I've tried other CDs, they work fine. I've tried playing audio files, they play just fine.  
I've performed a system restore back to the 7th August that hasn't solved it (but I might try going back further).  And it doesn't seem to be anything to do with my software as I'm having issues on both iTunes and Windows Media Player 12.
I'm operating Windows 7 Home premuim on a HP Pavillion g6 1207sa. I'm at my wits end as I seem to have tried everything and thus far have got nowhere. Help!

Thanks for your reply. Sorry I wasn't specific about this. I get distortion in iTunes when I play straight from this particular CD and when I import it. With QuickTime, I get no distortion when I play straight from the CD, but (I hadn't tried this before but I just gave it a go) I do get distortion when I play the .m4a file created by iTunes. So presumably it's something iTunes is doing when it processes the .aiff file from the CD.
At the moment the import settings are:
Import using: AAC Encoder
Setting: High Quality (128 kbps)
with the 'Use error correction...' box checked.
I've never had to touch them before. Is there a better setting to use for importing early CDs?
Thanks.

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