The audio works from my computer with other earphones I have so I believe the speakers in my headset just died, except for smaller ones that produce sound that is supposed to be behind me. The same phenomena occurs when you hear someone talking through a wall or door. I was on discord, when suddenly my audio started to sound very very distant, and after a moment it began to sound muffled, I looked up some videos and messed with some settings (Think its "Audio Enhancements"), and now my audio just sounds completely and utterly ruined, nothing is understandable. The Bose 700 works perfectly for listening to music or as I mentioned, recording the microphone using a local Windows record program. MSI Z120 Krait Edition LGA1151, I7 4790 3.6 Ghz, 16 gb DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 Founders, WD Green 2tb, Crucial 256gb SSD, NZXT Phantom Case (System Build 6 Years Old) First ensure that your headphones aren’t broken entirely. Discussion Headphone Sound has bad quality and is muffled. The mic still works fine. This was last night, it is still muffled. It muffled the sound on and off for a couple minutes then it stayed muffled. The problem only occurs when making calls and it is just the person at the other end listening to me with my Bose 700 and they hear the muffled sound. Author Date within 1 day 3 days 1 week 2 weeks 1 month 2 months 6 months 1 year of Examples: Monday, today, last week, Mar 26, 3/26/04 Equalization is the solution. Muffling results from the lack of high frequencies in a sound wave. Dealing with muffled audio remains a common problem for sound engineers and home users alike. Hey all, I run on window's 10 for context, feel free to ask any follow up questions if needed. I've plugged them into the phone and they work and I've tried another set of headphones into my pc and sound Distorted as well. The speakers sound alright but the headphones don't. If the sound level remains similar for all varieties of smartphones then you probably have a broken headphone. The best way to do that is by trying it out with different smartphones and checking for the consistency of the sound. It is important to note that my Razer man o' war headphones sound just fine, no muffled audio like these new Razer Nari's. How to fix the issue of muffled headphones? Help.