Tried and bought a DRM-removing file converter...Called amazingly enough...DRM-Removal, available here:
DRM converter software. Converts iTunes, Napster, etc files - legally
Did not try "Protected Music Converter" as suggested in another post where I was looking for a tool, because it looks like another software that got some bad reviews for crashing PCs.
Did try TuneBite, and liked the interface, but the first few seconds of almost every song converted had little hiccups in them....very bad.
I did a trial (conversions truncated to first minute of song). After purchase, I sicked drm-removal on my iTunes music folder and went to bed. I woke up to 1084 songs converted to DRM-free MP3s! DRM-removal works very fast, and all songs listened to (all day now!) sound awesome on my 8310!
I then sicked it on my Yahoo Music Unlimited folder (subscription DRM) and went to work a few hours today. Came home to 581 drm-free MP3s that sound great!
This thing batch processes really well!
Later.....