Altered sound quality when one Airpod is active
Both of my Airpods need to be on and activated when connected to my iPhone 12 Pro in order to produce good sound quality when I play songs from my iTunes library. Obviously, I know that having both Airpods in both ears is going to give an overall better sound, however, if I just want to use one Airpod in a single ear, it is as though the frequency is altered and produces muffled and crackly audio quality as opposed to when both Airpods are on and active. Am I somehow overloading the single Airpod when I have it in my ear? Any solutions?
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14