Poor quality of stream reception with iTunes 12

I have a playlist containing url streams for most of the channels from Swedish Radio. I have been using it for years. After the update to iTunes 12 these streams are more or less useless. When selecting and starting a stream I usually get a laud buzz. After some jumps between channels I can connect to the stream and hear something. But I still hear a faint buzz fading in and out depending on the sound level. This behavior is also true connecting to these streams with Safari.
Am I the only one experiencing this? Tas anyone a suggestion on what to do?

I also believe it's the firmware.
I've had my N95 for little over a week, and I've taken about 100 pictures of my car with it (crazy paint so trying to capture the true effect is hard). It came with version 10.xx.xx of the firmware
Of these 100 or so (108 to be precise) which seemed picture perfect (no pun intended) on the screen, approximately 80 of them were either overexposed or out of focus, despite predominantly having green brackets.
I've just updated my firmware to version 12.xx.xx and initial results seem very positive, the camera seems much more effective and focussing seems much better after 5 quick snaps.
Another thing to bear in mind, which I've read quite a lot of times (not only here I hasten to add), that updating the firmware doesn't work the first time, and people have had to reinstall it several times before getting the desired operation.
I was reluctant to update mine as it was locked to orange, but the phone was becoming increasingly "crashy" with resets being needed 3 or 4 times a day, calls being dropped and the phone crashing mid-call, and various lock ups when navigating the menu systems. I decided that I'd rather risk a potential nulling of the warranty and have a phone that worked better and so unlocked the phone myself (brilliant, easy and takes no more than 5 minutes I might add!) and I'm now on the latest firmware. Seems great so far but I've got copies of previous versions should they be required.
Anyway I digress, the firmware seems to have given a marked improvement in the cameras performance, but I'll continue my snapping through the day to confirm this and get back to you with my results.Message Edited by skyline_stu on 04-Aug-200705:20 AM
Nokia N95 and a Nissan Skyline GTR, my two favourite gadgets

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