Agreed, nice review!
I got one of my F5s on Wednesday and got it set up (the other will arrive sometime, but I don't yet know when). I haven't done any "critical" listening, yet, but I did place it next to my front right NHT and swapped the speaker connection over to the F5. I fully expected a noticeable change in sound from that area, just because I didn't expect the NHT and F5 to be tonally matched. Honestly, it's hard for me to tell that I swapped anything. I didn't even rerun the Pioneer's setup - just swapped the speakers. Given how much I like my NHTs, I was impressed that the F5 blended right in. I do expect it to have better bass because the NHTs are bookshelves, but the F5 is set to "small" and sitting in front of my PC13-Ultra...so I haven't really checked that out. I'm waiting for a complete pair before I sit down and really listen to them.
I honestly expected to be underwhelmed by the "black vinyl" finish, but I'm actually very impressed. They did a fantastic job, IMO, and it looks great. In my mind, I was thinking of "black ash," which is not what these look like. They aren't polished like my NHTs, but that's not a bad thing with a speaker this large where dust and fingerprints can get all over them.
One other thing is that the height of the F5 is almost perfectly lined up with the height of my NHT 1.5 sitting on the matching NHT stand, and they are also just about the same width. While not everyone would find the F5s such a perfect match to their existing speakers, these physically fit into my system just great.