I am going to take the high road, and respond not to Maytom, but the original topic starter.

I owned both a Q2 XL and an MQ 1. Both were impressive bows, IMO. The most impressive thing about them was the lack of felt recoil. This was true, even in comparison to other one-cam bows I have owned, from Bear, Jennings, High Country, Golden Eagle, and McPherson. All of the bows I mentioned seem to recoil by swinging the bottom limb out when shot, some more than others. All of these bows were very quiet. All of these bows, for me at least, tend to " throw" a shot every now and then. I guess it is a form problem or something. I know that I need to complete the form work I started by reading " Idiot Proof Archery" , but that will happen between archery seasons. The bottom line, for me at least, is that the two Mathews bows, and the McPherson 38 special were/are very impressive in terms of shooting quality, but IMO, demanding of near perfect form, especially when shooting broadheads.

I also had two Darton CPS bows. The Mountain 2000 was very accurate with broadheads, and much more forgiving than any one-cam I have owned, but too loud for my tastes. I did shoot one deer with it, and it wasn' t very loud in the woods, though. The Maverick was a good shooter, but the brace height was too short for me with warm clothing on. Both had more of a straight ahead jump to them, instead of the swing up and out of the one cams.

I am currently shooting a Bowtech Pro 38 DC. This is by far the easiest bow to shoot well I have owned. Broadheads fly laser-straight, and group very well. I currently have a Whisker Biscuit on this bow, and it shoots broadheads much better than the MQ1 did with the Muzzy Zero Effect rest. You would think the expensive drop away rest would make a bow more forgiving to shoot. You would think that the extra 1/2 " of brace height would make the MQ more forgiving to shoot. It very definitely was not the case for me. I have not even had this bow chronographed
(imagine that from a Bowtech owner!) I feel like I have found the perfect bow for me. I am not even all that interested in the new Bowtechs, since I can' t believe that they would be all that much of an upgrade from this one.
The Bowtech is very quiet, right up there with any bow I have owned. I do have limb savers in addition to the Vibrablocks on the limbs. I also have a Stealth Stabilizer on the bow, and a Sims Enhancer 2000 in the rear-facing stabilizer mount. The recoil on this bow is very low, and straight forward, not swinging. It is not as low in recoil as your Q2 XL, but very low. I guess this is because Bowtech " stole" or copied Mathews long riser / short limb technology. Maybe it is also because this bow is, like most of Mathews low recoil bows, somewhat heavier than other bows in its class.[] I don' t really care where the technology behind this bow comes from, it clearly works for me. Oh yes, maintaining a two cam bow with good quality string and cables is really not a problem at all unless you have absolutely no access to any type of bow press to correct for the minimal initial stretch of the cables and string.

Bottom line, IMO, is that if you are curious about the 2 cam or even hybrid bows, I think it would be a good idea to try them and see for yourself. If there is any way you could do this while keeping your Mathews, that is the path I would personally take. Then you could directly compare the performance, and still have your " old" bow if you decide that you don' t like the two cams. The draw/shooting qualities of bows are so different, that only you can decide what is best for you. I personally was able to make that decision based on thousands of arrows rather than a few " Wow, that feels great!" shots at a pro shop test shoot.

I am personally so pleased that I went back to two cam bows (I have 3 right now) that I don' t really give a rat' s butt what percentages of bows sold are two cams.[]