Help! Technical Headphone problems!

[AnoIkasuJin]

Hey,
I had these headphones which worked perfectly, which i wanted to expand the cable of so i could hook it up straight from the comp, so i cut thru half way through the cord, then added some 16awg wire and put the wires in a twist, touching each other pefectly, then i tested and it didn't work, so i just put it back together as it was, didn't work either, what's the prob?
there is continuity from the plug to the wire itself.
Thanks.

[GMO]

use the stero jack to make it longer

[emad]

for one...stupid idea when u coulda saved hassle by not extending it...but yea, umm...did u use the stereo jack end in ur pc. if you did, u might want to switch the wires around and try that...