Hi, Paladoris...

The 'not naming names' bit is in relation to posts including references to copyright infringement.

Re: the 'pain'... Don't worry about it... Well, worry a little !!! Ha Ha...

Speaking of 'pain'...
Ready ?

You may want to check out whether or not your sound quality problems on playback could be related to your... Oh, Oh... Sound Card and/or the drivers for same.

This is a very touchy and personal thing for many people, especially if they have spent serious money on something which is not as good as advertised !

The above is just a guess, albeit a reasonable one !

It would help all if you would be quite specific about all of your System... Narrows down the replies with further queries and gets you an answer faster !