I know it's been said, but finding a good shop who will spend the time and let you shoot different models is the ticket. I walked in to get a new bow thinking I was a Hoyt guy after running mine for years, he got me shooting and I left with a Mathews. Turns out the newer Mathews were it for me...
Red bull. Hate the extra weight on the way in, worth every oz when I take that first sip. A friend of mine's son hauled some cans of soda into the Chinese wall in the Bob and was selling em for 5 bucks a can, I'd have been a customer!