Sound problems with songs bought of itunes.

i just updated to 9.0.1 and 10.5.8 and now all my 256 kbit m4a files bought of itunes sound very strange, somehow muffled or phasey.
i can tell it pretty well as i'm comparing different formats of my own song.
1. my original master .wav file : sounds normal
2. a 320 kbit mp3 bought of beatport (DJ download shop) : sounds normal
3. a 256 kbit .m4a bought in the itunes store : sounds muffled and phasey now.
if i drag the same file to the desktop and listen to it with quick look it sounds normal again , so it's definitely an issue with itunes.
i don't have any options activated in the settings which could affect the sound and i'm listening in a professional studio environment.
i found another topic regarding this problem but it's in the itunes for windows section.
i wonder why there aren't any other people complaining about it cause it really easy to notice.
nobody else seeing this on a mac ?
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sorry for the triple post, but earlier that day i had a strange error message, numbered -1. I looked for info on it but i could find none. Whenever i tried to start iTunes this error would occur. I eventually solved it, but could that affect the songs I bought earlier? This was the first time I had trouble syncing songs to my iPod.

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