This past fall I faced the same decision: buy a new bow or invest a little into my Bowtech Assassin? The peak draw weight on my bow had dropped from 72-73# when new to a mere 66-67# with the limb bolts fully cranked down. That wasn't the problem though. 66# will kill just about any animal in North America. The problem was with the string stretch that happened slowly over the course of a few years, the tune of my bow had suffered BAD! I noticed it when shooting before the season at 30 and 40 yards, that my arrows were not flying like darts, but rather were fish-tailing all over. Took it to a buddy of mine that owns an archery shop and he said that my strings and cables had stretched and he probably wouldn't be able to twist them enough to bring it back to spec. I ended up ordering a set of custom Vapor Trail VTX strings and cables, had him set up and re-tune my bow and after a couple hundred shots, was back in business and killed a nice 8 point buck a couple days before Halloween. I almost bought a brand new Elite Valor when I went to the shop to have him look at my bow, but when looking at the specs of the bow, it wasn't any faster than my old bow, and even if it would have been, I would not have been able to get much for my current bow with stretched strings and cables on it. It cost me about $140 for the new strings and cables, an 18 pack of beer for 'labor' to have him set it up for me, and some new string silencers and such. Call it $175-200. To sell my old bow and buy the Valor would have been a $300-350 hit. Plus, I've killed a couple of my biggest bucks with my Assassin and shoot it very well. The technology in bows, in my opinion, is getting to the point that the main 'selling points' for new bows will no longer be SPEED, but rather how quiet, efficient and tune-able they are. The IBO speed on my 6 or 7 year old Assassin is 333 fps...most new bows are in the 335-360 range. I think engineers have basically gotten all the speed out of the modern compound bow, and will now make them quieter and more shootable. The other major consideration is the price of these new 'flagship' bows. You're not touching one for under $1,000. Period. That was also a major factor in my decision to go the strings/cables route. WAY more cost-effective than buying a brand new bow that isn't any faster than what I have now. All set up for hunting shooting broadheads I get about 301-303 fps out of my bow. That is plenty fast for me. Unless you have a major issue with your current rig (broken or bent cam, cracked limb, etc.) and cannot get parts, there is no need to run out and buy a new bow every other year. That Hoyt Trykon was a good bow. If you shoot it well and it has sentimental value, a new set of strings and cables will make it new and it'll keep filling your freezer. Is the additional 20-30 fps worth $800 to you? That's the REAL question...good luck and shoot straight!