Speaker made weird sound, volume level is now decreased

I was watching a video clip online when all of a sudden there was this weird noise (kind of sounded like the sound of dial-up internet connecting, except on steroids). It only lasted for about a second but then I noticed the volume on the video clip I was currently watching got significantly lower.
Now I can't have my volume level any lower than 40% because I can barely hear anything when it is lower. Even when I press the F4, F5 function to lower and raise volume, I don't hear the traditional "pop" sound effect until around 40% or higher.
I tried playing music on my itunes, and audio drops when I am lower than around 30% maximum capacity. Anyone have an idea of what the problem is?

Double click to bring up recent app bar-scroll to the left until you see playback controls/screen brightness.
Do you see the speaker icon?
Is it muted(line through the icon)?
Is the volume slider turned up?
Have you tried a reset?

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