MP3 Levels Problem

I have been responsible for recording sermons at our church, converting them to MP3 and then putting them up on the church's website (hcceugene.org). The 45 minute +- messages need to be highly compressed for dial-up access. Heretofore, I've done the conversion to MPEG-2 Layer 3, Mono, 16kbps, 11.025kHz with very good results. The problem:
It seems that beginning with files converted using iTunes 7.4.2 that the volume levels have gone down dramatically. The .aif files are fine (i.e. the recordings made with SoundStudio). The resultant files after selecting "Convert Selection to MP3" are about 10% of the volume of the original .aif file. Earlier files that were encoded with v7.3.2 of iTunes are fine and haven't had this happen to them.
Any ideas why this may be happening and/or what to do about it? Eric

Is both Transmit and Receive running on same machine?
Rgds,
Seetesh

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