Hey guys, I've got an annoying issue that's really starting to bug me. For some reason when I have a high quality song ripped right off of CD there is a terrible fuzzy interference-type sound when played through my computer. With lower quality versions (ie downloaded music) I do not get this problem. I made two test videos that sort of show the problem, but obviously it's more apparent in person. The first video is a 2.31 mb version right off the cd, and the second version is a 4692 kb version I downloaded before I bought the CD. The tests were done with same volume and camera in same spot. Why does the compressed version sound better? Thanks.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6ZgIhr2S0][/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1saSu-Gb5I][/url]

I'm not sure how to edit here, but I forgot to add something. When I use headphones the fuzzy sound is still there.

Ah, I see the head, thanks :).

I don't know what encoder was used (or even exactly what that is), but I used Windows Media Player to rip them. Perhaps I'll try again and see what happens.

Edit: Yup, that did it. I went into the rip settings and changed the format and raised the bitrate even more. I still don't quite understand why the 4000 kb version sounded better though.

Thanks Mez :).