I have Torch 9860 running OS 7.1. Whenever I play a song with my headphones, it sounds alright until I pause the song. When I play it again, the sound quality is very bad. How ever if I close 'Now Playing' and start the song again from the music menu, the problem is solved. Any remedies?

Since 7.1 is a leak, you will sometimes have to accept the fact that not all the features may work properly, and it is very difficult to sometimes fix as not everyone gets the same errors, or even for the same reason.

Either reload your OS, or downgrade to an official version