Special digital cable needed?


I just bougth a secondhand Yamaha DSP-E800 DD/DTS/Prologic decoder with built-in amps for centre and rear speakers. So I wanted to hook up my DVD-player, using a 75-ohm cable to feed the digital input on the Yamaha. Since the shop didn't have a digital cable and I didn't want to wait to play with my new toy, I just used an old analogue cable. And it works. And it sounds pretty good too. So my question is: will replacing this cable with a 75 ohm digital cable sound better? Or can I save the money and waste it on other joys of life?
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When I had a pair of leftover, earlier generation, Mapleshade analog interconnects, it was suggested by Pierre Spey that this particular analog design could be re-directed for use as digital interconnect, based upon his listening tests. Upon actually trying one from CD transport to Genesis Digital lens, and the second from Digital Lens to DAC, there was fine performance, comparable to the previous "digital" interconnects. Pierre Spey's product catalog is replete with comments about how his products are designed by listening to their results, rather than solely depending upon conventional wisdom.
As Plato explained above, you'll never know until you try.