N900 Ringtone sound. Distortion / Clipping error /...

I have the ringtone problem with the N900 when you select a mp3 out of your own albums in the profilemenu it sounds clear, but when you get a incoming call, it sounds strange, a clipping sound.and how higher the ringtonevolume in the profilemenu, the lower the clipping sound is, but is not completly gone.
Tis problem is also with the standard ringtones/alarmtones but you have to listen very carefully, the reason why you almost don't hear it with the standaard tones is because they lack of bass and beat.
But the problem is also with the standard tones.
Are there more people with this problem and somebody a solution for this problem?
and does this mean that the N900 can't even play a normal mp3 song as a ringtone without Clipping/distortion?
Greetz Celestial.
Message Edited by Celestial on 17-Dec-2009 09:39 AM

i haven't had this problem myself but usually the clicking sound on digitaly compressed media is a corrupt file or in the case of a scratched mp3 cd its miss read data, if you haven't used mp3 cd's they're very different to digital audio and rather than skipping they make strange noises and/or just jump to the next track
if this hppens with the songs when used as a ringtone its more than likely that its a ram issue (which it shouldn't be seen as they usually run at 128k). all i can suggest is using a lower bit rate (maybe 92k) for the songs you want as your ringtone or maybe just having less apps running

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