My laptop sounds better than my iPod touch?

I just used my Apple earphones on my eee pc laptop and played a song from my iTunes library and it sounded way better than my iPod. And when I say way better, I mean unbelievable. Ill try to describe it: it's as if the instruments were coming at my ears at different directions. And back to my problem, I want my iPod to sound this good. Is there anyway to achieve this sound quality on my IPod touch. It's a 32 gig device if that helps