Headphone jack - Line out?

Hi!
I want to connect my Nano to a headphone amp. I was wondering if the headphone jack on the ipod is considered a line out?
I know that some docks have a line out whose signal comes directly from the USB connection.
Any thoughts?
thanks
mike

The headphone jack would work.
However, the quality and volume will be okay, but not great.
I would recommend an iPod nano dock or a Universal Dock. The line out port on the dock is of much better quality.
See this as well...
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