Music through earphones is distorted yet sounds fine from the speakers?

The music through iTunes comes through fine but when plugging in earphones, the music sounds distorted, distant, and sometimes not at all. This just started today when having used it so often before it never happened. How do I fix this?

OK, then that would appear to be the computer output rather than the headphones themselves. One thing out of the equation.
As a test, you might try reducing volume levels; or have a look in Audio MIDI setup and see if changing any of the settings there help.
Additionally, is this all the time or when something else is attached (either power cable or by USB, etc.); or is there any other device nearby?

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