IMac headphone jack?

I have a 20 inch iMac - i believe it's the previous revision to what is currently offered. It came with the white keyboard and the machine itself is white instead of silver. ANYWAY, I was just curious about the headphone jack. For some reason, when I plug headphones into the jack, they don't appear to go in all the way. There is somewhere between 1-2mm of the metal jack sticking out. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this, or if it was normal? Thanks in advance!

Hi harddeejr
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Yes that is normal, as long as your headphones are working on both the right and left channels you have nothing to worry about.
My 2.1 speaker system and two different sets of headphones, all slightly protrude from the output jack.
Dennis

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