How does your iPad's volume compare to your Mac's?

We've been wondering if our iPad's volume is too low (a speaker problem? a software glitch?).
Without a decibel meter, I figured the easiest test would be to compare our MacBook Pro's sound levels to our iPad's highest volume setting.
We loaded up the same podcast on both devices and then switched back and forth while playing it to determine this.
In our case, it seems that the 75% level on the MBP matched the iPad's 100%. That was actually reassuring, especially given that the MBP's speakers are bigger and should have more bass and audio power.
What do you all find with your Mac vs. your iPad?
Note: We made no volume or equalizer adjustment to the podcast on either the Mac or the iPad.
For those unfamiliar with this trick to raise the volume of a music track or podcast, or the iPad in general, here's what to do.
On the Mac, you can select the podcast and do a File, Get Info, Options tab, Volume Adjustment or Equalizer Set change.
On the iPad, you hit the home button, tap on Settings, iPod, EQ, and pick Loudness (or others).
Such adjustments can work well in raising the volume of what you are playing. (The iPad change is a general one, not track specific.)

The external speaker on my iPad is, definitely, louder than my iPod Touch, but if there is any significant background noises, it is barely audible at full volume. Impossible to hear if you're in an especially crowded room and there is conversation going on. Especially true with video and movies. The headphone input seems to be about the same as my iPod Touch, though.
It would be nice to eek out some more volume from my iPad's external speaker, though, without having to use the battery draining EQ/Soundcheck settings. For more quieter passages in video and movies, the external speaker can be difficult to hear at times.

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