D: I can't believe you've had so much work done on this already! I've had mine for much longer and it's been okay. Though I did get the Mac equivalent of the blue screen of death once, it was terrifying! Maybe your ears are just really super and you're picking up lower/higher frequencies... /making things up /o\

(Also, have you seen the podfic recording someone did of the first few chapters of The Administration? I keep listening to it, and that always makes me want to reread. It's an endless cycle of hotness, let me tell you.)