Poor sound reproduction using earphones with a 3 section jack plug

Hello
I have found that music, both orchestral and vocal, reproduces almost perfectly when I use earphones that have a 4 section jack-plug, as the ones that were supplied with my iPod touch have. However, the orchestral section is prominant whilst the the vocal section is almost inaudible when I use earphones with a 3 section jack-plug, which I bought recently and were sold marked "for use with iPod touch 4".
To make that clearer -- a 4 section jack plug has three plastic seperator discs on the shaft of the jack plug, whilst a 3 section jack plug has 2 seperators.
Is this normal or is my iPod touch faulty?
Thanks in advance

Not normal.
- Try cleaning out/blowing out the headphone jack. Try inserting/removing the plug a dozen times or so.
- Could be a bad headpohone jack
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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