Ipod nano output power

where can I find the output power of my ipod nano 2nd generation? I've googled it but no luck... The apple site has lots of specifications about the iPods but no output power for the nanos (old or new)

I don't believe Apple makes that information available, but it is safe to say the output power is very low, probably around 30 to 100 mW at most. Just as important, the output is almost certainly optimized for headphones like Apple's own earbuds, so you won't get much power for loads much greater than 32 ohms nominal impedance.
Also, FWIW Apple hasn't been noted for providing a particularly high quality headphone amplifier signal path in older iPods but it may be paying more attention to this in newer designs. At one point, only the Shuffle featured a direct coupled output, which produced noticeably better bass response (cleaner, tighter sound, not just more bass), but now seems to be moving away from the inferior capacitively coupled output on at least some other models.

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