Hows your audio quality in iTunes

I've noticed that audio in iTunes sounds like it's in a echo chamber. Not all, but allot of my library sounds this way. Listening to a song that I've loaded from CD has an echo effect, and then listening to the same song on a CD player sounds normal.
I've used different settings in the iTunes Equalizer, no help there.
I'm using Klipsch THX speakers. Creative SB Audigy Sound Card with latest drivers.
Anyone else ever experienced anything like this?

Hi,
don't know where i saw it, but i have heard it helps so try this.
Open Quicktime, go to Edit, Preferences, Quicktime Preferences, Audio, Sound Out and then select the highest Rate & Size supported by your soundcard, this may help, i am running Itunes Audio at 160Kbps through a Camebridge Audio Amp with some Eltax speakers and the sound is awsome! Mostly Rock music and Metal.

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    Audio Diver : 5.10.2860.0000
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    Dynamic range, dB (A): 81.0 Good
    THD, %: 0.0053 Very good
    IMD, %: 4.036 Very poor
    Stereo crosstalk, dB: -71.3 Good
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    http://cal003104.student.utwente.nl/nForce/Analog loopback 16-bit, 44 kHz.htm
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    Frequency response (from 40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: +0.25, -0.56 Good
    Noise level, dB (A): -83.2 Good
    Dynamic range, dB (A): 82.5 Good
    THD, %: 0.0046 Very good
    IMD, %: 0.060 Good
    Stereo crosstalk, dB: -73.7 Good
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    http://cal003104.student.utwente.nl/nForce/Analog loopback 16-bit, 48 kHz.htm
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    Frequency response (from 40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: +0.25, -2.07 Average
    Noise level, dB (A): -82.8 Good
    Dynamic range, dB (A): 81.2 Good
    THD, %: 0.0037 Very good
    IMD, %: 0.045 Good
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    Dynamic range, dB (A): 80.6 Good
    THD, %: 0.0080 Very good
    IMD, %: 141.314 Very poor
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