ITunes 8 - distorted sound using visualizer

When I play any track and switch on the new visualizer in iTunes 8, the sound is very distorted...but if I switch to the classic visualizer it plays ok. Also the option to change visualizer settings is greyed out unless set to classic ??

It was the Nvidia graphics driver. I had downloaded a new one a few days ago but it looks like it hadn't installed properly as when I checked device manager it still listed the older version.
Re-installed the new one and problem is sorted
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when I play some of my .mp3 files with Itunes I get some slight disortion in sound. Sames .mp3 files will sound fine ( no distortion) with other players such as Windows Mediaplayer.
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It was the Nvidia graphics driver. I had downloaded a new one a few days ago but it looks like it hadn't installed properly as when I checked device manager it still listed the older version.
Re-installed the new one and problem is sorted
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Hello,
I have a strange and very annoing problem that I am currently experiencing with my iPhone 4.
Basically I have a problem where when I insert my Headphones (The Genuine Apple Headphones with Mic) into the iPhone 4, every now and then I hear popping sounds and this also happens when I unplug the Headphones from the phone too. The major problem with this is that when I listen to music the Bass effects seem very distorted, to the point of which you have to turn the music up so loud to fix the problem that it deafens you. If you turn the music down low then all you can hear is a very deep bass kind of sound.
This problem doesnt just happen with music, its with whatever sound I play (whether from a video on YouTube, or saved on my phone, to Music on my iPhone and sounds on the iPhone itself.).
I cant tell if the iPhone speakers themselves are distorted however I dont think they are, I have listened to music through the speakers on the phone and they seem to be all OK, although I havent done any proper testing, this problem only occurs with using Headphones.
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I've just managed to fix mine!?! I managed to find this page here....
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93610
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Distorted sounds in Windows 7 32 bit

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I re-installed my system with (Dutch) Windows 7 32 bit and used the "Vista" driver CD for my SB X-fi Music card.
When I play MP3 or WAV files, the quality is reasonable, however, some sounds, specially vocals, are damped by the bass-tones.
When I play a CD in my Plextor 80SA dvd drive, I get a very distorted sound.
Doesn't matter if it is a burned CD or a original CD from the music store.
I think that the output from my DVD dri've is to high, but I don't know where I can change the output level.
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I have two identical dvd drives in my system (running on Windows 7 Ultimate) and used the second (hardly used) spare drive, also a Plextor 80SA, to play a legal bought CD and this one gives distorted sounds too! Volume doen't matter, by the way, distortion is also present on low volumes.
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