Robert Harley's book on Home Theater is good place to start. You can get it through AudioAdvisor, the link is http://www.audioadvisor.com/product.cfm?productid=1193.
Did you buy your equipment from a local dealer? I'm assuming you didn't because if you did he should be helping you. Do you know where the equipment is going--not just what room, but precisely where each component will be placed. If you aren't sure, buy some inexpensive (you can get bulk Monstor cable at Home Depot) and experiment a little with speaker placement. Eventually, you will want to get better cables, but don't invest in them until you have equipment location nailed down. Then buy high quality speaker cables and interconnects that are the correct length for your set-up. As to your question on bananas or spades, I don't know the speakers you mentioned, but many speaker terminations accept both as do most Denon AV receivers. I recommend spades because of the higher surface area, but you may not have this option for your speakers.
Invest $20 in the book--it can give you far more information than I or anyone else can post.
Did you buy your equipment from a local dealer? I'm assuming you didn't because if you did he should be helping you. Do you know where the equipment is going--not just what room, but precisely where each component will be placed. If you aren't sure, buy some inexpensive (you can get bulk Monstor cable at Home Depot) and experiment a little with speaker placement. Eventually, you will want to get better cables, but don't invest in them until you have equipment location nailed down. Then buy high quality speaker cables and interconnects that are the correct length for your set-up. As to your question on bananas or spades, I don't know the speakers you mentioned, but many speaker terminations accept both as do most Denon AV receivers. I recommend spades because of the higher surface area, but you may not have this option for your speakers.
Invest $20 in the book--it can give you far more information than I or anyone else can post.