Itunes while playing a song would stop randomly and start again, why?

I have a Macbook Pro 2.5Ghz Core I5 4GB with OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.2, Itunes latest version 11.0.4(4)
My problem which just pop out like that, is whenever I play a song with my itunes, the song start then it stops, the audio stops as well for anything from 2 to 5 seconds then it resumes agaim, and then same thing again, it stops for a few second then resume again, I can see the timing stopping as well, is just not cutting sound while still going, is just stopping and resuming. When it first appeared I updated itunes to the last version but the problem still remain, I have also created another user, and still have the same problem with that nuser. Is just like it stopping to think and then plays again, it is very annoying, songs stops many time at irregular interval. Any idea, The closest Apple store is 3000km away and I need to flight there, any help appreciated.
Thanks
pascal

I have the same issue and went to the genius bar. They tried something in iTunes but it didn't work. So they proposed me to leave them my computer for a few days so that they can figure out what this is. Unfortunately I cannot do that right now.
I am really interested in a solution
Xavier

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