Is there a song limit on 160gb classic

I have two 160GB classics - one I have had for several years but the buttons have worn and it doesn't respond as well.  Since Apple wouldn't repair it, I got a second.  Both exhibit the same behavior though that they will play a playlist no problem but when I select a song they will freeze (apple logo) and even after a reset will not play again until they are re-synced with my itunes library.  I have an extensive song collection and use the 128k bit  compression to get as many songs on as possible.  Right now I have 35,000+ songs with some space left on my ipods (both are set to sync all checked songs).  Restoring them has been tried but due to the compression, each takes about five days to delete and then reload all the songs.  I am willing to do that if i know it would work.  As I said however, I done that with both and still have the problem.  I don't want to have to create playlists to swap on and off because it defeats the purpose of the extra compression to put more tracks on.  Before I compressed to add the tracks, I had much more unchecked but I was maxed out on space so if I wanted to add something new I needed to remove something, hence the lower bit rate.  I think it may be a limitation in the software and whatever it uses for indexing and searching but I have seen no documentation talking about song limits.  Anyone with a similar experience and/or suggestions?

did you experience some crashing of the ipod as well? do you know how many separate items you had?

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