Totally agreed. I have three 6-foot lengths of 12-gauge Monster cable for my front channels. A salesmen threw them in for free when I bought my previous speakers (Paradigm Monitor 9s). The little rubber stress-relief grommets near where the the banana plugs are crimped on are kinda shredded, but the cables work perfectly fine. Can't complain. In fact, I'm not allowed to since they were free.