salomons are pretty decent, but so is armada. i dont know much about the AR3, you would prolly have to do some research to see which is a good choice for you, but i dont think either would be a poor choice.
the AR3 is being replaced with the coda, great ski and I would definataly take it over the 1080 check out a coda 150 for you, next would be the t-hall 161 or an AR6 161