IPhone 5 Poor Headphone Audio Quality

I got my iPhone 5 a few days ago and I must say the sound I'm getting from my iPhone 5 to my headphones is pure garbage.
I use Beats By Dre heaphones and when I listen to music on my Mac and other devices the audio quality is great, but when I listen to music from my iPhone 5 to my headphones, I hear excessive rattling over the vocals of the music I listen to. I'm assuming it might be the Music app's fault, since I listen to songs from the YouTube App as crystal clear as I do from my Mac from iTunes. I have the same problem with my EarPods: They sound great on anything but my iPhone 5 Music app. Is there any fix possible? Is there any Music app alternative I can try? I'm tired of searching for the songs I want to hear on YouTube everytime to get good sound quality...In short:
Sound quality from the Music app: Really poor quality, I can't stand it.
Sound quality from anywhere else on my iPhone: Crystal Clear
Does anyone get the same problem/complaint from their iPhone 5's?
Side Note: I do purchase my music from iTunes, so I should get good sound quality.

Hey, I recently discovered that when I purchase music from iTunes directly to my iPhone, the sound I get is crystal clear. Do the test with any song: Listen to it before downloading the song from iTunes > Delete it > Download from iTunes from your iPhone > Listen again.
The problem is that not all my music is from iTunes, most of my music comes from CDs. Another thing I must point out is that I can't figure out whether to blame the new Lightning Connector or iTunes from my Mac, since I thought Wi-Fi Sync would solve the problem but I see no changes at all with the music I didn't purchase from my iPhone 5

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