Do yourself a favor and stop looking at the Brand and focus on the bow itself. It's kinda like buying a Ford Tempo because Ford is a great company... doesn't make any sense....
Take a look at this website:
http://www.huntersfriend.com/bowselection.htm
It will give you a quite honest look at just about every bow out on the market and you will see that for the money, you can get a better deal elsewhere and that there are many many other bows that shoot just as well as a $700 hoyt, but cost only $250...
Merry Christmas.