Loss of Sound Caused by Headphones?

I seldom use headphones with my iMac but each time I do I seem to lose sound, all sound. I reboot, pull com.apple sound pref., etc but nothing seems to restore the sound. Then "the stars realign" or something and the sound returns. All transpires in a matter of 30-45 quiet minutes. Postings hint of an unresolved issue but since no one is screaming about it I guess it's just a bother or I missed the one with the resolution. Does anyone have any info on this? Thank you for any info.
Oh, yeah, I do have iMac connected to Airport Express Base Station but it always continues to play iTunes music through the episodes.

Hi, it could be the H/P socket, within it's depths are miniswitches that maybe sometimes do not activate..first I would spray a little wd40 onto your h/p jack plug, then insert it into the H/P socket and GENTLY jiggle it around and then pull out, do this maybe twice..if this does not help it's probably a good idea to have it checked out by a tekky..keep us updated...L

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