The source is off the internet (iTunes and "other" places. I try to play them on my hard drive. When I put them on a disk they play good in my cd player (after they are converted to something besides mp3. Haven't ever tried putting on a disk and playing on the computer. I'm leaving town for a week but will have access to a computer when I get to where I'm going and will get emails there. Jim Conrad ______________________________________________ On Nov 25, 2003, at 9:30 AM, Michael Winter wrote: > Looks like you did a good job covering his question, and it looks like > your hardware should be more than adequate. Also looks like you're > up-to-date with the software too. In fact, it looks identical to my > system and (I know you don't want to hear this) I haven't had any > trouble with iTunes, and I do some pretty intensive computing while > the music is playing too. > > So, I have a different question. What are you using as a source for > your music? Are you playing directly from a CD, from music on your > hard drive, or playing music being shared/streamed over a network? I'm > trying to make sure the problem isn't the source material (bad CD, > network slowdowns...). > > -Mike