Sound stops working in headphones every 2 minutes

I have a very weird problem. I have my headphones plugged into the jack in the front of my computer. The sound works fine when I first plug them in, then after a couple of minutes, the sound stops working. Now when I unplug and plug the headphones back in, the sound works again. Then, after a couple minutes the sound stops working again. So I unplug and plug them back in. This only happens with headphones and I've been able to replicate the issue using different headphones. It does not happen with my speakers. I went into sound devices and the headphones are still set as the default when the s

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