Hope someonce can suggest solutions to my problem. I have ripped my CD collection using EAC, Lame and Monkey Audio. Quality was great until I began experiencing some computer problems that required taking the computer to the shop. Problem diagnosed as a bad memory chip and Win 98 was re-installed.

Now my old mp3s and even my .ape files sound like sh*t! low volumne with a lot of distortion. I can play the original CDs and they sound fine. I tried re-ripping, but even the .wav files taken right off using EAC have the same problem... any suggestions??

Thanks!

What happens if you burn an audio CD of the bad sounding files? I guess it sounds allright. It'd be a good idea to try some other sound drivers.

Tigre.... Thanks so much for the advice!!!! Did as you said and sure enought the burned CD sounded fine... reloaded the sound drivers, re-booted and all is well again!!! You Rock!!