Chek-Mate, for lots of reasons. They are priced for the average guy, but you get much more than an average bow. They look and shoot as good as any. They can do this because they don't advertise, or have brochures, or videos, etc....and the bowyer isn't getting rich. That, along with more experience than most will ever garner goes a long way. The company is well over 40 years old, the bowyer has been there for 25 years and built well over 12,000 bows. Who else can say that? Almost forgot--he (the bowyer) is only 42 years old--he's still got a lot of years, and a lot of bows, left in him.
Although he sometimes posts, you'll never see the bowyer bragging about how great his bows are, or how much better than are than another, etc. He actually brags on other bows.
I shoot one of their longbows 95% of the time, but I have a recurve too.