I am a Mathews guy, I think they are the best bow on the market today, and they are not far off on price from many others. I have been bow hunting since I was 8 years old. Shooting competition and owning just about every manufactures bows out there. The most important thing is to get one that will fit, you will find a Mathews that fits. There are so many choices. No matter what bow you get put a whisker biscuit on it for hunting. Yes you can get a used bow, but you can also get a very good quality used bow as well. I sold a 1 year old Mathews Switchback a couple years ago for 700$ fully loaded with all the bells and whistles. So if you look you can get a top notch bow used. I know some good guy's that handle all those bows you mentioned, as well as Mathews, and would most likely have a very nice used bow loaded for you at a great price. Several guys just trade in every year just to have the new model. Thats what I did with my switchback, used it one year killed several deer, and they came out with something else I really liked so I went and got it. I loved the other Bow. But I now have the Drennilin with a Cobra Sureloc sidewinder sight, whisker biscuit, peep as all have now,limb saver stabilizer, Fuse quiver, and Easton Axis arrows with the original HIT incert tecnology, toped off with Muzzy MX4 broad heads baby, Awesome piece of equipment. I plant arrows in a 5" circle pretty flat shooting at 70 yards no problem. It is not always the speed to look for. The Arrow and the grain of broad head can slow that effect but make the energy go way up with the faster bows. I can cork a deer right through both shoulder blades and still bury the arrow in the ground. So it is similar to muzzle energy as in a gun. I keep the foot pounds of energy up and take a bit off the speed. But I still shoot around 300 ft per second. Put a light weight arrow on and a light tip, and the speed goes way up, but the energy goes way down. Then you have a deer running off with a arrow sticking out of the shoulder. When you cork a deer with a MX4 Muzzy it looks like you shot it with a slug that has 4 razor blades. This shop I know will work well with you and set you up with a fine tuned bow. They will spend all day indoor shooting, checking speed and energy. Also paper tuning your bow, free. You will get the best deal you can find from these fellas. And they are very good at what they do. If you want contact info shoot me a PM and I will hook you up, it might be a drive, but well worth it. If you know what draw and some other things your after you can call and see what they have. Now is a perfect time for used stuff.