The odd Audio CD problem

I'm having problems with a few Audio CD's I'm trying to upload to i-Tunes, When I play the CD through either i-Tunes or Windows Media Player there seems to be a loud crackling sound in the background Its happened with a number of audio CD's I have, I thought this wouldn't effect the sound coming through on my i-Touch but it does I hear the same crackling.
Firstly I tried all the CD's that I have problems with on a standard CD player and the sound is perfect so I know its not a CD problem and there isn't a single scratch on either CD.
Secondaly I tried updating all devices but still no hope, I would appreciate any help offered.
Thank You

Open the below link and the click on High Definition Audio Codecs.
http://152.104.125.41/default.aspx
Now you should have Software: Drivers & Utilities page opened.
In this page, click on any GO next to Vista, Windows7 Driver(32/64 bits) Driver only (Executable file).
This will start the download of the driver. Here you need to click SAVE and then select the location of the driver as Desktop. It will take some time to complete the download.
Now you are done with the downloading of the audio drivers from the above steps.
Please click Start. In the Start Search field above the Start button, type DEVMGMT.MSC and press Enter, it opens Device Manager window.
Click on the + sign near Sound, video and game controllers.
Right click on Realtek High Definition Audio and then click on Uninstall. This will uninstall the audio drivers from your computer.
Now we need to click on the downloaded file and then run it to install the audio drivers again.
You may be asked to restart the computer to make the changes effective.

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