Music Distortion tied to preamp/equalizer?

I have over 2,000 songs on iTunes, most imported from CD's, about 25% from iTunes and other downloads. Some songs with loud base passages (like Pirates of the Caribbean) sound very distorted during playback. This happens using internal speakers on my iMac G5 (not used much), on Logitech external speakers (about 2 years old) or Bose Quiet Comfort headphones. It also happens on my iPod Touch with ear buds or Bose headphones.
I tinkered with the Preamp settings (tried 0DB and -12DB or turned off Preamp completely)--this seemed to resolve the problem to some extent. But the sound is still not as clear and crisp as I think it should be. I'm running OS 10.5.6 and iTunes 8.0.2 so I think everything is up to date. What can I do to fix this annoying problem???

Distortion is most times related on mismatching output/input voltages.
I had same problem with some imported songs. Still don't know why. Try this:
Mark a distorted song in Tunes with right mouse button and choose "Get Info" from context menu, then go to Options.
In there you will find volume adjustment +- 100%. Reduce to -100% and try again. But it's not working more than once, after saving and opening again you will find the adjustment still on -100%.
You also can try to import songs again, which you think are worthwhile the effort and use a different encoder in the iTunes preferences/general/import settings.
Good luck....

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