[newbie] Crappy Sound, only on Linux

[Marc Resnick]

I ripped some music off my CDs and encoded it with LAME at 160 kbps(getting ready for when my iPod comes). When I play it on my MDK 10.0 system, it sounds fuzzy and like it was encoded at 16 kbps. When I booted in Windows and played it, it was fine...almost CD Quality?   Can anyone lend me some tips on sound devices or this kind of problem?   --Marc