Songs play SLOWER on iPod???

When I play songs on iTunes, they play at normal speed. But when I listen to them on my 4G iPod or Nano, they seem to play slower. I've looked at the settings and everything seems to be correct for good performance and high quality listening.
Can someone help me, please!!!

hmmm, I dont think the ipod is the problem if you ripped your cd's
Did you rip the cd's or buy them off of itunes?
If you did rip the cd's try it again, it may be that the CD is just scratched, so it plays slower.

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