I am actually more concerned about the power lead which is starting to wear a bit and get harder to insert. You see I use my empeg at work and home every day. So it get plugged and unplugged at least a half a dozen times every day (it comes with me to lunch as well). The docking connector seems more capable of handling this than RCA leads and the power lead which are more or less designed for in home audio only to be plugged and unplugged a few times. -Mike