is my ipod on its way out

[steveo]

got a 5.5g ipod that i think is on its way out got the 80gb about 2 month after they where released and its been a cracking mp3 player, its just on the way to work playing some tracks i noticed some bad crackling and stuttering, thinking the song had become currupt i went to another album same thing thought that it was my headphones (cx300) i asked a bud at work if i could use his same thing, in the past day or so i have put the ipod back to factory settings then synced again still there am really thinking its bust as i cant get rid of it