Speaker Cable directionality: reversable??


I bought a demo pair of XLO ultra 6 cables which have directional arrows on the ends of them. The specifics of my equipment requires that I would either have to re-terminate them (to take the spades off the amp end) or else hook them up in reverse of the labelled arrows.
Is there any reason why the cable direction matters, or would reversing them just mean I would have to "break-in" the cables again.
Please help me out; I don't want to undermine the quality I paid good money for!

Much thanks for any advice!!
oleander

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For those who tried to answer my question, your input was appreciated.
There's no shielding or anything fancy, just the XLO-label shrinkwrap covering the spade terminations have directional arrows on them. My instinct (reasonably enough) is to follow what would seem to be "manufacturer's instructions", but what was intended to be the "amplifier end" has spades, which won't work with my amp. As I said, hooking them up in accordance with the labelled arrows would require me to cut off the spades, so there's no way to just try out which sounds best.
"Seandtaylor" seems to have posted without actually reading my question, as curiosity isn't even an issue, and it's actually impossible to just hook them up in the advised direction (unless I cut off the spades).
To everyone else who weighed in with advice, THANKS!!