Does the headphone jack wear out over time?

I've had my touch for nearly two years.  It has been working almost flawlessly until now.  When ever I shift the headphone jack at all, I loose some sound or all of it.  If the cord is totally still, I get sound okay, but this just isn't practical.  At first I thought it was just the headphones, because we all know that headphones rarely last over a year.  However, I tried plugging in my cassette adapter and the same thing happened.  Looks like it might be the jack.
Has anyone had this issue?  If so, how did you attempt to resolve it?

The physical law of entropy is stronger than God. Therefor, anything and everythign will break down given a long enough time. However, I think you may be worrying a bit too much here. Your express should generally last long enough.. until you plan to change 802.11n to another better format.
Yes, some go bad time to time, hence why limited warranty is only a year from DoP.
I suspect your issue may be due to interference. I'm curious what band are you using on those expresses.

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