I recently went through the same process you are going through now. I had already owned a pair of Paradigm Titans v3 and was considering their Studio Series as well as Polks. I ended up with a pair of Silverline Audio Minuets. I wasn't able to listen to them before buying and bought them based on all the rave reviews I had read online. That is a dangerous thing. What made me pull the trigger on them was I found them for sale at $545 at deepsurplus.com. In looking at their website, they offered a no questions asked return policy and reviews of the website were positive. The only glitch was that while they indicated they had them in stock, they actually did not. So when I called, I easily reached someone who was extremely helpful and told me that they were buying the speaker directly from Silverline and when they received them, they would ship them out. I had also contacted Silverline directly and their policy was no returns and I had to send them a check. Now that I have them, they sound great. Light on the bass for my taste but a Polk PSW10 works real nicely with them. Worth checking out.