HOYT MATRIX

Perhaps of Hoyt's golden age in the mid 2000s, I chose the Matrix over Hoyt's crowning achievement in the recurve department – the GMX – as there is something about its polished simplicity that they have never really bettered, even if some of its lower curves look a little of their age. Just better than the Avalon? Perhaps. Lauded by many professionals as the best ever; once owned, never forgotten.