Static on playback?

When I play my i tunes on my computer, it is choppy and some background static. When I play XM online radio music, it sounds just fine.
What is the problem?

I'm pretty sure these are from the earphones. I might be mistaken but it seems to be coming from my left earbud as well. I am pretty sure that it is the earphones, so apple should replace them. If that does not solve the problem, then it is your nano (which I doubt it would be) and apple will replace it.

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