I think at one point or another all of us have used Monster cables in some form or another and most will agree that you can only improve from there. Don't get me wrong, Monster does a fine job of being mediocre and inexpensive. For example, the difference between the cable Rotel provides and Monster Cable is almost purely aesthetics, whereas the difference between Monster and say AQ, Tara Labs, Harmonic Tech, etc. can be monumental. Enough about that, I suggest that you go to audioreview.com and start reading cable reviews, in many instances you may be able to find others whose components are similar to yours and that may have done testing with many different manufacturers' products. Also you will notice in their descriptions qualities that a certain cable brought out of their system and only you know what you really want, or need out of your set-up. The cables that have made the most difference in my system are my Analysis Plus Oval9 speaker cables and my Tara Labs RSC Master Gen.II interconnects. Happy Hunting, oh yeah, for me it's fun too, hunting down the next great tweak, improvement, upgrade. Enjoy