What, your dryer eats socks, too, John?!? lol Yes, I can't believe I can't find the darn cable, either. I have actually been doing some major cleaning in the last couple of months, found lots of hidden things - found some treasures and some unknowns, but the cable is still MIA! I will keep looking, but I am running out of rooms. I think someone broke in and stole it! :-P
As for trying each set of cables....DOH! Why I didn't think of that, I do not know. Too much of a habit of running to the Internet for help? Once I have my turntable running - somehow it won't work without a working cartridge - I will swap out cables and see which one I prefer.
Oh, I can't wait until I can stop fussing with the equipment and just sit back and listen to music!
Holly