[Q] GT-N7000 - scratchy noise when playing music

Hi,

I have been using Galaxy Note1 (GT-N7000) for sometime now. It came with gingerbread while i purchased.

When i played music using default music player, i cant hear the music properly. I was able to hear only scratchy noise and lot of disturbance. When tried with real player and other players i was able to hear clear music.

This problem continued when i upgraded to ICS.

Recently i upgraded to JB 4.1.2 hoping that this will get fixed. But to my surprise, i got more problems. When i get a call, phone ringtone was also playing with the same kind of disturbance. Now, when i play with RealPlayer, Rocket Player and Google Play, i still get the scratchy disturbed music. But surprisingly , when i play trhough VLC, it plays it perfectly. But i have other good players which i want to use. More importantly, i could tolerate the disturbed, scratchy music when i get call :crying:. When i bought Note1, i didnt expect a great sound, but a decent quality sound experience.

Other than this, i dont have any problems with voice calling.

Any clues about what could be the problem?

Thanks in advance,
Ravi