well Im going to go out on a limb again and may catch of lot of heat for it ,, but for anyone to claim that x brand is the best is just plain wrong maybe to state that IMO brand a is the best would be more appropriate.
I have not been able to come accross any data to support any claims as to one brand being any better than another which brand is best is a personnel choice, I might would look into a certain brand because of things others have had to say about it, but in the end I would want to get my hands of them and check them out shoot them and see which feels right to me .. every manufacture is going to have somthing they use as a selling gimmic,
I will not go into what they are using as selling points,, I would get to a few shops and talk with the people that run the shop and get all the info I could on whatever xbow I was interested in ,, find out which ones have the most returns , which are brought back for the most problems, I too have a prefered brand but it is just my choice in xbows. and the xbow that I chose may not be right for you, ask questions about the ones you are interested in see if anyone has anything negative to say about it,, and not from people that are dieharders for a certain brand,, but from people that own whatever one you are interested in. see what they have to say about it .. I do know thet there are a lot of people that have said brand a is the bestbut if you talk to them via PM that changes and that admit they would like to also have brand b because they think it is good also..
Let us know what you end up getting we are here to help no matter which one you get ..