ITunes playback 'clicks & pops' - quicktime with the same file doesn't

I've recently noticed that iTunes is playback my music with clicks 'n pops. It makes the listening to music unbearable. I've tried to resolve the situation by testing many different things.
After a bit of testing I can say that:
* The problem is not parameters selected when ripping a CD. It seems that 'all' audio pumping through my speakers is clicking even 'bought' music from the iTunes store.
* The problem is not settings in iTunes. I've checked the menu and unchecked the 'sound enhancer' option - this seems to have no affect on the clicking.
* The problem is not the source audio file. If I play the same file in QuickTime or any other application ... it plays back fine.
* The problem is not my speakers and audio setup ... I've checked using my speakers, my headphones plugged into my sound-card ... and headphones plugged directly into my Mac.
I've been using iTunes for some time and I've only recently started noticing this problem. Unfortunately I can't give an exact date as to when it started doing this to check if it falls in line with any updates.
Can anyone offer any advice on this matter? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

lol... have to say that macs don't "just work" as they want everyone to believe. plus, if there is any kind of problem you can't try to fix it yourself unlike a PC... but anyway I digress
I have the same problem:
I just updated to 8.0.2.20 and now everything I plays skips and sounds like an old scratched LP record (remember those???).
This is not related to equalizer settings or hardware settings or anything else... you have people who have been using iTunes just fine until version 8 then all of a sudden massive problems... there are dozens and dozens of posts about this problem now. It has nothing to do with any settings, as people have been fine with prior versions, the common thread is that they've all upgraded to version 8.
And you shouldn't have to stop using equalization or change anything you had before either.
This is a BUG in VERSION 8. It seems that this version is full of bugs from what I have read across the internet-- has Apple started finally releasing crappy software? (It is inevitable). Maybe this is from outsourcing all the coding to countries where English is not the native language-- who knows.
In any event, before I updated (from an earlier version of 8) I noticed Itunes stopped playing any sound at all. After I updated it gave me the error message telling me I had to delete/re-install quicktime. I did and now the clicking and popping. I re-installed/repaired directly from the website. Still nothing.
My music plays perfectly from any other application. This is an iTunes BUG in VERSION 8.
Also, as others have noticed new oddities in the way itunes behaves in version 8. Some have tremendous CPU usage or problems with internet. My hard drive rattles and buzzes whenever I start iTunes!!!! That scares the h*ll out of me! No other app does this and I can load all my music with any other app just fine-- no buzzing of the hard drive.
I'm running a new machine with max'd RAM, 2 TB of drives hooked into a Windows Home Server with 9TB of music and video. I'll try rebuilding the library... but darn it how come no other problems with any other app? Media Monkey plays everything fine, for exmaple. GOTTA be iTunes.

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