RE: Help new kid on the block
The best advice I can give you is to go out to as many shops as you need to, to test every possible bow out there and find what feels the best to you...everyone has a different sence of what is good to them, so only you will be able to tell.
I was doing the same thing over the winter. I literally went to about 5 or 6 different shops and shot every kind of bow there was to see what worked for me. In the end I settled with the PSE line because they seemed to be the quitest for me and in most cases cheaper than the other brands. So in your quest for a bow, I would highly recomend looking at PSE, along with all other bows out there...the more looking you do the happier you'll be with your final decision.