Amen to all of this on the cables. All mine are just solidly built off the shelf cables from the local pro audio store (not "prosumer" - pro, ie: there are bins of XLR parts and a grab bag of random RF antennas hanging around), 3' analog w/RCAs, about $8CDN, that sort of thing...
In fact, I got so pee'd off trying to find a non-Monster "subwoofer" cable (75ohm terminated in RCAs) that I finally just used RG59 and some BNC-RCA adaptors. Thing won't lay flat on the floor, but it'll learn... *pats the iron*
Bren R.
