[Q] sound distortion partner sounds bass I sound high pitch - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello every one.. I've had my Galexy 3s for nearly two years now and the last few weeks been getting very strange behavior..
I live in Brno Czech Rep. (maybe connectivity problems..) sometimes my phone works fine other times I get numerous sound issues:
1. Viber, whatsapp Skype - person I'm talking to voice comes through as very low bass whilst my voice sounds to them as high pitch-fast
forward type.
2. Regular phone calls- come through with cracking sounds (again not always)
3. These problems persist with or with out earphones plugged into device.
4. When issues start both rings and notification sound are distorted- normally sounding as if in slow motion.
I have recently done a factory reset on my device with no avail
my device is running Android 4.2.2
Kernel version: 3.0.31-611730
Thanks for any help

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I have recently purchased a Lenovo IdeaTab A2109-F which I was quite happy with, since this was the first time I have used an android tablet as I am coming from iOS background.Before I bought the tablet, I read that id had double microphone in order to make voice calls such as Skype clearer. Now , at first it seemed all good and I had people saying that the audio being received is clear and crisp on the other end of the call.
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Every couple of minutes I am getting a loud pop/crack sound during normal calls and the same behaviour on Whatsapp and Viber calls.
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Also tried Stealth Audio Player to hear both the external and internal speaker on Youtube videos and I can't reproduce it except sometimes it pops when a video is started. I also tried recording my mic and it sounds clear without this popping.
Is there anything else I can try to fix or debug this issue? It sounds like it is trying to record or adapt the sound while on call even if the adaptive is off.
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