You just need shorter cables

Heh, I forgot to mention that these cables were about three feet long

The stuff in that store is insane, though. They come from the vacuum tube and vinyl school of audio. They also maintain the philosophy of efficient power usage, which makes sense to me, but not at those prices. The had a setup that was incredibly loud, but it was only being powered by 5 watts. Of course, that was on $11,000 speakers (each). I recommend that everyone go to this store to feel much better about themselves, because the fact is you probably aren't going to hear the difference between this stuff and some very good equipment (like the stuff you're suggesting, Dan).

Fortunately, the guy working there has some common sense, and he recommended some good, "low" cost cables to me (he called Monster "crap"). Has anyone heard of Kimber? I looked at their website and it looks like good stuff. I would buy it but the difference I hear in my crappy speakers would be nil.