ITunes 8 - Unexpected pauses in every track

Having run iTunes 7, on both Mac and PC, iTunes 8 on Mac and PC and putting all the songs on an iPod Nano and iPhone 3G, my music library is moved around a lot. Even though the Windows PC this occurs on is where all the files get downloaded to, in every track, (only in iTunes 8) a slight pause occurs randomly throughout the track, as if it is failing to read segments of the song of the hard disk. However, the pauses are in different places each time it occurs (it occurs with over 75% of songs).
I re-installed iTunes 8 to no avail, and have played both ripped, downloaded (before and after) the problem occured songs, all to the same problematic effect!
Any ideas, or anybody experiencing the same?
Just for the record, it doesn't occur on my MacBook, or any other devices mentioned, only on my Windows XP SP3 MCE computer.

I have the same problem in iTunes 8 on OS X 10.5.5. This problem is new in iTunes 8; all prior versions of iTunes worked without incident. Upgrading to iTunes 8.0.1 had no impact. The pause on my Mac Pro is not "slight", it is 30 - 60 seconds, during which time iTunes gives the rainbow wheel in response to any mouse or keyboard input.

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