Since I live in San Francisco and shipments from the ARX warehouse in Nevada arrive in one day, I may be the first to get the new A5 speakers.
I was about to leave for the dog park (the social high point of my day) so I was explaining to my wife to inspect the boxes and if there was any damage to open the boxes and check the speakers with the driver and refuse the shipment if necessary. Just then, at 2:16PM, the FedEx truck pulled up.
I watched as he brought the first 60-pound box up the stairs to my front door. It looked like he almost dropped it on the stairs. The first box was in fine shape. I got so excited I signed for the shipment without inspecting the second box, which had a small dent and a tear. I opened the boxes just to make sure there was no damage, then went to the dog park.
When I got back I unpacked them. They were double boxed with dense foam on four sides. They were very well-protected. I unboxed them and attached the bases easily with the four supplied screws. Because they are only a little over 7†wide, they don’t seem big or massive. My wife referred to them as “elegant.†Not a word often applied to ARX. Like the A1b, these are rock solid. When you knock on them it sounds like a solid piece of hardwood. These are well-made speakers. The internal bracing must be massive. I’ve still got the A1bs hooked up as mains, so a review of how they sound will have to wait until I break these in.
I was about to leave for the dog park (the social high point of my day) so I was explaining to my wife to inspect the boxes and if there was any damage to open the boxes and check the speakers with the driver and refuse the shipment if necessary. Just then, at 2:16PM, the FedEx truck pulled up.
I watched as he brought the first 60-pound box up the stairs to my front door. It looked like he almost dropped it on the stairs. The first box was in fine shape. I got so excited I signed for the shipment without inspecting the second box, which had a small dent and a tear. I opened the boxes just to make sure there was no damage, then went to the dog park.
When I got back I unpacked them. They were double boxed with dense foam on four sides. They were very well-protected. I unboxed them and attached the bases easily with the four supplied screws. Because they are only a little over 7†wide, they don’t seem big or massive. My wife referred to them as “elegant.†Not a word often applied to ARX. Like the A1b, these are rock solid. When you knock on them it sounds like a solid piece of hardwood. These are well-made speakers. The internal bracing must be massive. I’ve still got the A1bs hooked up as mains, so a review of how they sound will have to wait until I break these in.
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