Maybe I spoke too soon.

I played a couple of albums through earlier with no problems at all, then left it alone for an hour or so.

Popped back in and put another album on. Track 1 fine, then just as the second track started (with the lyrics "I'm so afraid so something is broken now  ), I noticed some distortion! NOOoOoOooOoo!!!! Then the driver started cutting out.

It seems fine again now, but obviously something's not right here.