Alright so to all the problems posed by the poor cable quality, I found a new replacement cable different than the one supplied by vsonic. Here is the link to where I bought mine: http://world.taobao.com/item/521141218215.htm?fromSite=main&spm=a312a.7700846.0.0.tRpNlE&_u=f1sh0nrqcc7f