ITunes sounds scratchy and slow

When I play songs in iTunes, they sound scratchy and have pops in them. At about 8-10 seconds in, it really slows down for a second or two and then seems to free up a bit, but not without the scratching and pops.
I have iTunes 7.0.1.8 running on Windows XP. I have searched through the forums and tried all the suggestions I have seen about the QuickTime preferences, updating DirectX, etc. Nothing seems to help 100%. Any ideas????
eta - It gets worse when the CPU seems to be running at high capacity - (like opening an app or ie or something).

Bump - Anyone out there experienced the same thing???

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