Well, I haven't tried using another cable (because I don't have one) but if I bend the cable in a certain way it works fine. I've tried cable tying it but had no luck. It actually still works kind of, the headphones make sound but it's crackly, distorted and speech is inaudible. If I set my computer to play noise out of one ear it works in both ears weirdly which is what I'm using now but it's not good for games or anything like that.