I have built several home theater setups for friends/family with these as the fronts. There is simply no better bookshelf even at the MSRP, and at this price they are an absolute steal. I personally use Paradigm Monitor 9 floorstanding speakers as my front (they were like $800), and if you pair the Titans with a decent subwoofer, it is really hard to tell the difference between the Titans and the Monitors.
Paradigm is the polar opposite of Bose in the speaker world. They take their engineering very seriously (I think they have the largest anechoic chamber in Canada?) and use top-notch electronics components. However, their marketing and distribution strategy really limits their sales. Bose, on the other hand, sells crap paper-cone speakers at outrageous prices, but you can't walk 10ft in any mall in america without finding a Bose product.