I think that covers it pretty well. I haven't reached that road yet, but I would be in the same boat with my Yamaha RX-V1300; no HDMI, just 6.1 analog inputs. I have compared digital to analog interconnects with my Squeezebox though. The DAC is that was said to be pretty decent; not great, but respectable. When I switched to toslink, thus using the DAC in the Yamaha, the quality and clarity seemed to be about the same, but the image improved drastically. That's not high res audio though. I think it's pretty safe to say that noise being introduced on analog interconnects that are that short shouldn't be an issue, so simply being analog isn't necessary a con IMO. I would certainly give it a try and see what you get. And 3 sets of stereo cables will definitely fit the bill. You could always get them from
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