Decent starter cables?

You asked a good question but left us with no parameters. Decent??? Cost??? Kimber and Analysis-Plus probably cover all the bases. With either company you can spend as little as $100 for 10 feet of speaker wire and less than $100 for ICs that you can keep for 1-2 system up grades. Alternatively, you can spend $200 on speaker wires and keep them for a long time.

It comes down to what sounds best with your current equipment and what you want to spend.

By "starter" cables, I assume you mean as inexpensive as you can find, but still good. With that understanding, the Kimber 4vs speaker cable recommended above is fine. You might be able to find it used for $1.50 a foot. The Kimber PBJ and Hero interconnects are also fine, as are any of the less expensive Audioquest cables, but you can buy Mogami interconnects from some pro electronics stores that are also ok for alot less money. Mogami also makes a coaxial speaker cable, the 3082, that is excellent and very cheap. Someone here regularly recommends Canare star quad speaker cable, also very inexpensive. Pro-electronics stores or maybe on-line.

Where are you located?

Thank you for the feedback. I forgot to include my current setup - sorry first post mistake. Actually, I'm just starting to put it together (no surround speakers or center channel yet):
60/40 audio/home theater
Rotel RSX 1055
Energy C9s
Rotel RCC 1055 cd player
Samsung DVD player (a leftover from my previous setup)

Oh, and my budget...probably no more than $400 for all the interconnects and cables.

Paulwp - I live in Columbus, Ohio.

All - I appreciate the suggestions. Reading the various threads on Audiogon over the past few weeks has really improved my paltry knowledge base.