Originally Posted by Redlemon

So, I got a new car, and the stereo has an aux-in jack. I have an iPod and a cigarette-lighter-based charger that also has a stereo jack (from my last car). So, all I need is a male-male cable to go between the two.

I have one, but it is 6 feet long, has straight connectors on the ends, and is made of a thick material that doesn't bend that easily. I'd much prefer to have a cable that is 1 foot long (not including the connectors), with the 90 degree bend connectors (so it doesn't stick out far from the stereo), and made of headphone-style cable (more flexible).

I've tried searching for something even close to this, but I can't find a male-male cord of any length with bent connectors.

I thought I had a brilliant idea - I took two sets of old headphones that I don't care about down to a computer repair shop. The guy said "No problem, it'll just be taping together two wires, I can do that." It didn't work; no signal went through the wires. He tried a few more times, and it just failed abjectly. So now the cables will be too short to take to someone else.

Why didn't it work?
More importantly, how can I get what I want?