I shot the black Max 2 and found it to be a very nice bow if your used to shooting bows with a shorter brace heigth. I you are just beginning I would recommend one with a longer brace heighth also. I you are looking for a little faster bow that is forgiving . The LX is a good one. It has a slightly shorter brace height to give you better speeds but is forgiving because of the string dampening system. Just so you know, brace height is the distance from the bow handle to the string.