Vista - Music but no voices within music files, wierd

My vista home premium seems to have a problem with its music media replay.
When I open a song file, the music id fine but the vocals sound distant,
inaudible and a large amount of echo.
I did download an mp3 player called morpher or something very similar but
deleted after playing two songs, has this damaged my music files or my
computer? I am unsure if the mp3 player is the culprit but all was fine
beforehand.
I have updated the realtek driver but has made no difference to the vocal
reproduction. I have also tried a system restore to a date well before the
mp3 player was put onto the computer, it still made no difference.

Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Sounds like (No pun intended) you lost one of you stereo channels. Either
you are set in Mono listening to one channel, a bad speaker, Balance set to
one side...really need to know more. Can you hear from both speakers?, etc

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Regards, BobF.
"goddess26" <goddess26@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, thanks for the reply-
Both speakers are giving sound (for what its worth presently). They vocals
are really fuzzy/muffled, keeping fading up and down slightly also, the
vocals sound like they are coming from an old biscuit tin.

"Bob F." wrote:

Ok, this sounds like one of the source channels is tied to both amplifier
channels. It might be a mixer problem. Is this from a CD? Did you try
other source music. Did you try a stereo mikes into your recorder and see
what happens when you play back. I'm just looking for hooks here.

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Regards, BobF.
"goddess26" <goddess26@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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No, only "virtual surround" is ticked.

"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

No, this is from the hard drive music files. I have not tried any other music
source but will now try CDs and see if any difference is made.

"Bob F." wrote:

I have just tried a cd and it is the same. It sounds as though one of the
effects have got stuck to be honest. Almost as if it is in a mixture of
Karaoke (the vocals are well down) and there is also a timing issue with the
main beat (it is slow).
Bizarre

"Bob F." wrote:

Hi, After enduring almost a full track with the media center problem, it does
appear to be a channel problem of some kind. While the main voals and and
most of the music is muffled as explained, the backing vocals are fine within
the chorus. I am pretty sure that whatever the problem is with the media
player, it was the morpher mp3 player that caused it. As said, I used it to
play two tracks, unmorphed in any way and then deleted the programme. Now all
tracks, video etc etc playback has been affected by it and syatem restore
does not correct the problem.
Any way of updating any programmes that may cure the root of the problem? I
have updated the realtek sound, game and video controller (it stated that I
had the lastest version anyway). Apart from that I am totally at a loss.

"Bob F." wrote:

Hi, I have realised that the problem lies within the coputer connections
somewhere. When the speaker plug is fully in the problem remains, when you
half take out the plug, the sound and vocals is great. Obviously while you
are playing a track this is OK, but, when you close media player, with the
plug in the smae position the computer states that the cable is unplugged. I
have tested the speakers and plug on my other computer and the playback is
fine.
The problem is the same for whatever socket I plug the speakers into on the
back of the computer, not just one. Any ideas?

"Cal Bear '66" wrote: