IPad 3 speaker distortion

Just went to watch something on the BBC iplayer and the sound at nearly full volume was distorted and tinny, backing it down to about 75% was ok thinking it was something to do with a faulty download from the beeb I tried another app for films and was exactly the same, this has only just started to do this, plugged the iPad into speakers and it sounded fine its a little over 4 months old.
I have read in other forums about this but only seen questions and no answers so don't know if its a fault with hardware or software, might have to take a trip to my local apple store... Unless anyone has any suggestions.

I spoke to the Apple store apprx 3 weeks after the 1 year warrenty ended, they said my options were -
Buy a new one
Pay like £300 for a reconditioned one.
put up with it, -
As the device is Glued shut and not Screwed they are not allowed to open and replace the part...

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I tried to search through the community, but with the sheer volume of posts, I didn't find anything that seemed like the same issue.
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