Can I simply pick up a few packs of Monster RCA cable at best buy? Is Monster good enough? The reason is I have a lot of gift certificates to Best Buy and wouldn't have to spend cash...

The monster is more than good enough for audio use. Video cable is a bit more critical, but don't go overboard here either.

Monster cable is certainly good enough. I personally find it to be over-priced and the connectors sometimes bind on my equipment. I find the connectors on the outlaw cables of better quality, easier to put on and remove and the cables are of comparable cost.

Hello all I haven't posted much on this website but I visit quite often. I'm the proud owner of Outlaws 950/770 combo, I'm currently using Video cables to transmit my DVD analog audio signal to the 950. These where the only cables I had on hand when my system arrive, could'nt wait to hear it and they seem to work well. Will there be a noticable improvement if I use audio cables instead?

i may be wrong but i think that the "normal" video cable will do a better job than a "normal" audio cable.
there is a LOT of opinions on the hype of cables,just scan the archives on this site.
when i bought alot of this system(used) i received several pairs of Straightwires level 3 reference interconnects(directional,ooohhhh!) and i have done alot of A/B comparisons and if i can even hear a difference it would never justify the cost of these cables if i had to buy them new!i've used cheap interconnects for years with no problems.if you have the option,take your cables down to the local stereo shop,ask if you can swap out the cables on their best system(if they have decent cables hooked up) and see if you can hear a difference.if you do, ask how much.the price might scare you.you won't hurt anything using video cables though.just try to keep interconnects away from power cords and speaker cables.

Thanks for the pointers. I find they are overpriced as well, but after buying the 7100 and 950 I pushed the budget enough, and if I can use these gift certificates and be fine that's the way to go.

Video cable works very well for audio, but not really better than an audio-specific cable. I use RG-59 video coax for everything, audio and video. Video cable also will work well for digital audio connections.

is rg-59 for catv?i read somewhere that video cable is recommended for digital(vs. audio cables) unless you want to go buy a "digital" cable.i'm using straightwire "maestro" from transport to DIP to d/a and also read (i read alot) that a digital path is less likely to interference than analog path(is this true?)
i use tributaries video cables(they're long) for the run to my sub,sounds fine and pounds butt!

RG-6 is used for CATV cable, but RG-59 is used frequently for other video feeds. Digital audio cables in theory are almost immune to interferrence, but things like jitter can creep into less than good connections.

my MONARCHY AUDIO Digital Interface Processor is supposed to remove jitter as well as reclock the signal and it's a line driver also.the biggest improvement i've heard is streaming internet.

anybody ever use one of these?
it's a pretty cool little unit,just wish it was "normal" sized