See posting below "Distorted Sound" on 04/01/2004, 11:12pm. Adjusting
"enhancements" (equalizer, volume leveling, etc) sorted out my similar
problem.

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:41cqr1h5mvb4acud2u66bve60do03unb5h@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 03:40:02 -0800, "subat"
> <subat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> It could be a sound card problem.Does it help to follow the steps
> listed in this helpfully named link ?
>
> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#chipmunks
>
> Cheers - Neil
>
>>I have the same problem with media player 10, it has converted all my
>>music
>>to wma the music is fine but people singing sound like chipmunks. Did you
>>find out how to fix
>>
>>"sony" wrote:
>>
>>> My sound is very distorted. I am using Media Player 10 and Windows XP.
>>> I
>>> don't have this problem when I use Realplayer, so I don't think it's my
>>> speakers.
>