Music quality from MBP is so rich compared to iPod (through ear phones)

Why is it that when I use the same ear phones to listen to music, same song, same everything, the sound quality from the computer is so much richer than iPod? I mean the EQ is all off too...

Coming from the PC world, I know that different sound cards produce different qualities of sound. I also know for sure in windows (not so sure on mac) that some applications will play sound better than others. I would hope that all iPods incorporate the best of the best audio decoders to provide the fullest/richest sounds, but its possible that the macbook (using core audio perhaps?) is able to provide an even better audio quality than an iPod.

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