IPhone speaker crackles when music played at top volume

After about 90 minutes straight of playing spoken-word podcasts and music from my internal iPhone 4S speakers at top volume, the music now crackles when played at top volume. This change happened mid-song, when the unit was just sitting untouched on a counter. At first top volume was not as loud as it was previously, but the unit seems to have regained the functionality. I've reset the unit twice.
Any idea what happened and—more importantly—how I can fix it? Thanks!

Zach
I have the same problem, actually its only one month since i used my new iphone 4s.
I did not played it for hours...actually i just had a conversation on skype using the original headset up to 2 hours.. Then i used the phone on a portable speaker for music. Suddenly, when i removed the jack and played a game i noticed the cracking sound on the speaker on full volume...
Zach, any recommendation on how i can fix this things... Its really annoying...
Apple please help us on this matter...

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