IPhone 3.5mm jack issue

Hi,
I have a cassette tape adapter that I use with my iPhone to listen to music over my car stereo. With other mp3 players, sound comes out in stereo. With the iPhone, sound is stronger/louder on the right channels only. Same adapter, just different behavior when I use it with the iPhone. I've also noticed this issue when connecting it to desktop speakers.
iPhone with included headphones works great and it also works great with my skull candy headphones.
Thanks for your help.

Sounds like a hardware problem.
Make an appointment at an Apple Store if there is one nearby.

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first of: you can edit previous posts in a time-frame of some minutes (haven't measured it ...).
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I admit I have used microphones some years back with and without PCs (have switched to Macs 2.5 years ago).
But I always had the mics connected to a mixing desk, which provided Phantom Power.
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