Buy some of this -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPEAKER-CA...item45fdb58043

...and get a pal to swap it round without you knowing what it is! That should put some perspective on things for you and your wallet may be very pleasantly surprised - done it myself a long while ago when this cable was given away with every Linn Classik sold and we had the chance to freely compare it