ITunes no longer plays in stereo. Fixes?

Recently, and very suddenly, I found that iTunes sound quality had plummeted. It was hard to pin down at first, but then I realized that - somehow - the playback had changed from stereo to mono.
How can I switch the sound back to stereo and the way it was before?

I was able to answer my own question (and save you the effort). Apparently, a loose connection in one of the mini cables was just enough to cause mono sound - without interrupting the sound altogether. As a result, it provided monaural playblack - a feature that's not covered in any guide books.

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I was able to answer my own question (and save you the effort). Apparently, a loose connection in one of the mini cables was just enough to cause mono sound - without interrupting the sound altogether. As a result, it provided monaural playblack - a feature that's not covered in any guide books.

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Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5044027&#5044027
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=893334&tstart=0
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Hi there dryval76!
There are a couple of reasons for seeing an issue such as that. I have a couple of articles that can help you troubleshoot and find out the source of the issue. The first is an article about troubleshooting issues with playing songs in iTunes, and it can be found here:
iTunes 11 for Mac: If you have trouble playing music or other audio
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12135
If the issue is happening in all areas of your computer, not just iTunes, then you will want to reference this article:
Troubleshooting issues with no audio from built-in speakers on Macs
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1574
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
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Greetings!
Unfortunately, since a few days ago, iTunes has stopped playing my songs in surround sound and is instead only using my front speakers currently, while I can play the very same songs in surround sound using a different audio player. I've tried the following to no avail (in no particular order):
rebooted
completely reinstalled iTunes
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removed and reinstalled my Audio devices in the Device Manager
plugged in/out my USB Headset (which I think might've been the cause of the problem, since it usually causes iTunes to go into Stereo mode until I restart the program)
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iTunes 11.0.2.26
Asus Xonar DSX 7.1 Surround, latest driver
Teufel 5.1 Surround system (all speakers still work perfectly)
Sadly, nothing helped. And I'm sure iTunes can play the songs in surround, since it has been doing so ever since I first started using it (and it has been my go-to program to test my audio for troubleshooting up until now).
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And if ed2345 reads this:
It is a shame people can't lose points for responses given here. ed2345, the response you gave clearly showed you did not read or pay attention to the relevant information given in my first post. The link you supplied only led to information I had already discussed and covered in that original post.
And then you said, "If those suggestions don't help, and you get tired of messing with it, put your WMP Rip setting on MP3, rip the CD, and add the resulting MP3s to your iTunes library." Trying to fix a program that previously worked, and clearly has BECOME dysfunctional, in favor of doing something every few days for the duration of this new computer's lifetime is supposed to be preferable to finding a one-time fix? That is not helpful. Nor is that reasonable to ask for someone to do that with a program that is supposed to be useful, and worked fine up until a week ago.
Adding more frustration to this problem by giving less than useless 'help' makes trying to figure this out even more aggravating.

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Hi there dryval76!
There are a couple of reasons for seeing an issue such as that. I have a couple of articles that can help you troubleshoot and find out the source of the issue. The first is an article about troubleshooting issues with playing songs in iTunes, and it can be found here:
iTunes 11 for Mac: If you have trouble playing music or other audio
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12135
If the issue is happening in all areas of your computer, not just iTunes, then you will want to reference this article:
Troubleshooting issues with no audio from built-in speakers on Macs
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1574
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

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