The cable I have also laid on a power strip and various power cables over. No ripple effects or the like.
Whether it sounds better or worse, I trust not to judge me. My system is not the worst (by about 2500DM time for amplifier and CD player in the late 90), but apparently not so high-end that you hear it out. In the blind test, I could not distinguish it from my older Mogami it.
Of course, I put my CD player is not 10m from my amplifier off. Is really only useful for ne older console, which is directly on the projector and the S-Video connection over 10m has led me only to disturbances in the picture. ;)