The problem may be that 11kHz, I believe, isn't a valid mp3 sample rate.

I don't actually know that it is 11khz; only that WinAmp says that it is.

The files play just fine as long as I don't ever interrupt the play and expect to restart them where I left off.

Re-encoding them in some other format is not an option since they are downloaded as-is from the audiobooksforfree.com site on the internet and the original .wav files are not available.

tanstaafl.