I hope you get the chance to audition the ARX 5. The level 3 monitors are very attractive to my old eyes and sound very good, they are indeed a well made speaker, I found them to be less sensitive than the specs dictate and seem to require a bit more power than I thought, they do shine with high current power amps and throw a nice wide stage and seem to image very well. I thought the tweeter to be a bit hot and somewhat forward, but after some time they seemed to settle down and were pleasing to listen to. High value and performance to price ratio. I must say these speakers are eye candy, the finish is pristine.