Oh, mind you it was quite a few years ago that I last used Phase 3 and come to think of it what I actually bought was well thought of back then so perhaps I fitted their picture of the ideal buyer.
True that Powerplant do tend towards the top end of Hi-Fi, but as far as I remember they also sold some second hand gear, so always a chance of a bargain.
It was Powerplant, I am pretty sure of that, I found their staff to be both knowledgeable and helpful. They also sold home cinema gear, I auditioned a system that they had set up, it was amazing quality and better than being in a full size cinema, a snip at just over £40k.
It is a long time since I bought new speakers, my current pair are 1990 vintage Wharfedale Coleridge, what an investment they turned out to be. At the time I bought them the benchmark for small speakers were Wharfedale Diamond, not sure if they still make them, probably up to version XXV by now...