It's so unfortunate we have NO Merlin Dealers here in Southern Ontario. The Max-Extreme is definitely a bow I would want to shoot one day soon.
I've even written to the guys in England, had a few correspondence with Chris & Claire and was happy to learn that they're working on setting something up in Canada.
In the meanwhile, I'm shooting the new Champion Scoprion (ETS)--C/P/S cam plus. This bow has a rock solid wall, when it stop, it STOPS!!!
The only qualm I have is there's almost no valley, there's no room to wince as the arrow takes off almost on its own!!!
I can honestly add, that the 80% let off as advertised, is not really what it is, you're looking at about 5% less--but that's fine (for me).
I think as Pinwheel has mentioned the cam.5/hybrid bows will again revolutionize the industry in the right direction. IMO.