Sound garbled with iTunes

I tried to plus a B&W Zeppelin with my iMac through a minijack optical Toslink.
First problem : I cannot control sound level anymore from the menu bar : it's stuck to maximuM. I can only control it through the Zeppelin remote or the iTunes sound control.
Second problem : on some records (namely the Barry Lindon soundtrack), sound is horribly garbled, especially in the bass range (distorted). The same records play perfectly on my large tube system outside the office…

It's probably some setup parameter, or possibly the firmware on your NAS. I just did a quick google of +buffalo linkstation itunes setup+ and there were several mentions on the manufacturer's support site to upgrade the firmware after getting it out of the box.
Anyway, good luck - I do know some folks have posted that they have NAS working with itunes, so it can be done. As to your initial question, there is no way to stop itunes from writing to the ITL and XML files.

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