I would use bare wire connections on the speakers. Probably best to use banana plugs on the receiver end... you can buy the banana plugs from monoprice too, and just hook them up yourself.
If you just recently bought the monster HDMI cables I would suggest that you return them ASAP and go buy some $5 or $10 HDMI cables from monoprice since they are just as good. IF you are past the return period for you hdmi cables then I would just keep in mind that monoprice has great hdmi cables next time you need some.
just buy the speaker wire with 2 wires like shown in my first post, or if you do want to biwire (you likely won't receive any benefit) then you can buy special cable with 4 wires inside instead of two.
