external recorder audio plays fine but the video audio, which fine in source monitor, is muffled

[Gr8tful]

My audio from the video clips plays fine in the source monitor but muffled when I bring it into the sequence to the point where I it sounds like listening to music through a wall mostly bass. my devices show my sony reciever. the sample rate says input 4800 and output 192000. So frustrating! 

[R Neil Haugen]

Is the default audio input set to None? That typically is the best setting for that in Premiere's audio preferences.