Thanks Dan, I have now checked these out and found that with a combination
of adjustments I have been able to get rid of the distortion.

I didn't appreciate how complex WMP10 is. On WMP2 (ie. Run\mplayer2)
everything is so much simpler that I didn't realise that other adjustments
would be necessary.

Thanks again, Daz

"Dan Corban" <DanCorban@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Do you have all "enhancements" (equalizer, volume leveling, etc) disabled
> in
> WMP?
>
> "Daz" wrote:
>> When using WMP9 (I have just rolled back from 10 to try to fix the
>> problem)
>> I get distorted peak sound. It is fine when playing lower sound passages.
>