Headphones sound distorted

I bought a "monster" adaptor at the apple store made for the iphone so I could plug in a more comfortable pair of headphones. (My earbuds that came with the phone work perfectly fine)
The problem is, when i listen to my iphone's ipod....the sound is distored. You can make out the songs but only hear part of the words.
How can I fix this?

I am also (just today) having iPhone distortion problems, and it is a hardware problem, regrettably.
My headphones popped out as I was reaching into my pocket, but upon re-entering the pin into the iPhone jack, lo, the sound had mysteriously become awful. If you need a qualification -- digitally distorted. I instantly recognized this was NOT going to have a quick solution.
My headphones, and the adapter, are not the problem. The problem is a) the files have been corrupted/altered due to a hard-drive problem (really hard to believe), or b) the connecting cable running from the headphone jack to the main board has loosened.
Though I believe it is the latter, I can't explain why I can hear something at all, nor why the resulting music sounds like a heavily (e.g. 32kbps) compressed mp3 file. All I know is that I really want to be wrong on this. If I have to get another fff device from this company **shaking fist** Very tired of rapidly depreciating technology purchases. Very, very tired.
Anyway, I'm going to do a fac reset just for kicks, place a file on the device, listen to it, and upon hearing awful distortion, I will dry my eyes and call Apple...Email Apple..or Check back here.

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I have new iPad and it works well. The speakers sound nice. Only, when I plug in any type of headphones, they sound distorted. It does not make any difference if it's a song or a movie. Anyone has any idea why this might be happening and what should I do about it?
Many thanks.
Eduardo.

Bencio wrote:
I have new iPad and it works well. The speakers sound nice. Only, when I plug in any type of headphones, they sound distorted. It does not make any difference if it's a song or a movie. Anyone has any idea why this might be happening and what should I do about it?
Many thanks.
Eduardo.
Sounds like you have a bad connector for headsets, especially if have tried several different ones. You might want to head over to your local Apple Store to get it replaced.
I also disagree that the speakers sound nice, but that's just a personal issue!

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Really appreciate anyone’s help on this sound distortion problem.
I have been using the new 2014 iMac 27' for last 8 Months, bought Brand New, and recently updated to Yosemite. Everything worked fine including recording, until this update.
I'm using Blue Yeti USB Mic for recording, and few days after the update I was trying to record in GarageBand and the output sound (via headphone connected to USB MIc) started to distort and then suddenly dropped the bitrate/ sound and I could only hear some clicks. I reinstalled the GargeBand, still its the same distortion happens. The sound gets back to normal, only for few seconds, after I unplug the USB cable from the Mic device. And I tried changing the bit rate and again sounds starts to drop after few sec. This happens only when I connect the Blue Yeti USB Mic and sound output from the Mic itself. Same thing happens with iTunes as well. Output sound from Internal mic and speakers are working fine as normal.
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Info : FYI
Mac
OS X Yosemite: Version 10.10.2
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)
Processor : 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5
Hard-drive : 1 TB SATA Disk
Ram: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 MB
Built-in Output:
Default System Output Device:       Yes
Manufacturer:                                  Apple Inc.
Output Channels:                             2
Current SampleRate:                      48000
Transport:                                        Built-in
Yeti Stereo Microphone:
Default Input Device:                      Yes
Default Output Device:                    Yes
Input Channels:                               2
Manufacturer:                                 Blue Microphones
Output Channels:                            2
Current SampleRate:                      48000
Transport:

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Too bad one cant rant as one might like in this forum. Had writtend all the details that transpired but when i pressed the submit post, my original post was lost due to expiration of time for my ticket.
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Bought Audigy 2 ZS platinum, bad sound Distorted and muffled from the speakers except center speaker and no sound at all from rear center speaker. Same setup using Audigy Platinum, zero problems.
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Use to work, but after re-installation and later updates, it suddenly didn´t.
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