Sound Quality not as good as ipod

I was hoping someone could help me with this. The sound quality coming directly from my powerbook to my JBL creatue speakers is crackly. I thought that it was just the speakers, however, when I plug my ipod directly to the speakers the sound quality is excellent. Is there a problem with the headphone jack that I plug the speakers into or is it somehow an iTunes issue? Any help would be great!
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Try pluging your iPods headphones into the port. If there is something wrong with the port, you should hear the same crackly sound. I seriously doubt it's an issue with iTunes though, I use Sony external speakers and the audio quality is crystal clear.

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