I would go look at the Paradigms and if anything you will get a sense of what they sound like and how they compare to the best buy speakers. I would almost say that you will prefer the Paradigms over the speakers at best buy, they are in a different league in my opinion and I would know I used to sell them. I have heard pretty much all the speakers that best buy handles and I do know that you can do better than them used or new somewhere else. I will say at your price point staying with a bookshelf size speaker you will get a better designed and built speaker for your 400 bucks. Thats just my opinion.