Have to say I've never heard a difference in putting the cables either way round, but usually put them the way arrows point anyway. Probably for no better reason than thats the way the arrows point.

I believe there's so much hype about cables now that I go buy a decent quality ofc shielded length of copper cable from maplins and a set of plugs and I make my own.

Cost?         About £6

I listened to the cables I've made head to head against cables sold as award winners, 5 star rated etc, and maybe there were slight difference's from these cables to each other and from these cables to my own, very slight.

I wouldnt say they were better or worse than each other, just slightly different, but certainly not in the way the hifi press would have you believe.

I guess you can use cables to try and tune a system if you percieve that you personally like the "sound" of one cable more than others etc, thats the indeviduals choice.

I'll stick to my own cables and spend the money that saves on better quality hifi or more music.

Mart