I went throught this myself about a month ago. I shot alot of the same bows, in the end I walked out with an Elite GT500. You should try shooting this bow, held of target extremely well, very solid backwall. I little kick to it that settles right down with a stab. You mentioned this as a possible option, check it out. I wrote the same type of review you did, you noticed alot of the same characteristics in the diiferent models that I did. Shoot them all and pick what suits ya best! good luck.

Shane