Question about Headphone jack

hi, i was wondering, how fragile is a headphone jack? if i were to repeatedly plug it in and out, would i broke it?

 

highly unlikely

 

be more likely of you breaking the wires from the connector jack due to pulling then for the audio in port to break

 

Really? well, i'm just worried coz my old JBL Pro (multimedia) speaker seems to have something broken inside, the sound sometimes doesn't comes out at both L and/or right speaker or both; but if i jiggle the connector jack and find some spot, it seems to be alright again, but, i dunno maybe some wiring or electro switches is broken, but is it because i over used the connector jack or maybe because i turn the speaker on and off everyday.

 

The small headphone jacks are pretty delicate... if you always leave yoru headphones connected. You should really unplug your headphones if you're throwing your mp3 player and headphones into a backpack that has other stuff. If the male part of hte jack gets pushed, it CAN bend the piece of the female part, and cause it to start loosing contact. I've had that happen a few times and had to take the units apart to fix it.

On the other hand, the headphone jack itself could have frayed wiring. Sometimes, when you push the jack around and you get audio back, it seems like it's the jack itself, but it's the wires inside being pushed into making contact again.

Best way to tell is try another set of headphones

 

what you have (the sound not comming out of the speakers but does after a little jiggling) is most probably broken wires and not the actual jack's fault

you should ever pull any connector by the wire, you should pull them out via the connector head

 

i've try it with heaps of other speaker, its not the speaker's fault, its the jacks, or some internal wiring as u described.