I was faced with this same issuie in 2007 when I decided I wanted to replace my mathews feather max of ten years to a new bow.When I finally made my mind up to relieve myself of 800.00 plus in change I started making my rounds to all the local shops to shoot the various bows on the market,man I was shocked at how short all the newer bows were.I a fairly big guy and I wanted to stick with something in the 36" range of my mathews,even though I shot several top of the line bows which most were great shooting bows they just didn't "feel" comfortable or right.I never did get my hands on the mathews lx to shoot though,when I finally narrowed it down to a bowtech gardian or commander and after shooting both several times then going home and coming back and shooting them again I settled on the longer commander and I absolutly love this bow,although I kept my mathews for a backup.The commander is a little over 37" ata and it is a dream to shoot and it just feels so much better in my hand than those short bows and it aims so well espeacilly down range.It has everything you could want for a hunting bow,good speed,smooth,solid and quiet,dependable.Yep I feel you when you speak of longer ata for shootability.