Not much I can offer except to say that it doesn't sound like the card's too slow - if its too slow, you'd be getting dropouts, not distortion. Try getting an exchange on that MP3 player just to rule ...

I'm new to the whole portable mp3 player world, and I've got a question.<P>My compaq pa-1, which uses MMC cards, runs off of battery power while downloading from my PC, which is a waste... SO, I got a ...