if you guys are still shopping and trying out acoustics which are value for your money, do check out Seagull S6, which is the upper end of Art & Lutherie; Simon & Patrick. They have solid tops and is bangs for your bucks. A decent sounding model is less than 2K.

Seagull will blow Martin and Taylor modesl in the same price range. Check it out and let your ears be the judge!  You'll be surprised!

Last but not least -
1.  Guitar in a showroom always sound better than in the house
2.  No point to test drive a guitar with deteriorated strings
3.  No one commented on the neck comfort?
4.  No one commented on the intonation of the guitar tested?

guitar collection carry seagull/ simon patrick / martin / takamine / tanglewood / art lutherie /
mostly acoustic brand.

actually the Action part, you really need to find one with just within your acceptable range.. I bought a Fender acoustic previously and the action quite high, but i told myself maybe the technician could fix it,

but ,

only to a certain extend, the action is still high, but is now in my acceptable range, and i change to a lighter gauge strings.. still, i prefer lower action..  haha but no regret la, i pretty much will still pick Fender cuz i'm a sucker for it. T.T

yea bro, string action depends on all but sometimes
is like u take a waja n convert to evo 7, can convert but surely something is lacking..and there is a limitation. Same goes to the action of a guitar, some ppl buy rm500 guitar and they expect the action can be modified n adjusted as low n no buzzy as a rm6k martin guitar. Just my 2cent opinion

so impossible u take ur rm200 guitar go n do refret? sometimes fret wire problem? if do refret n recrown...at least also rm500-rm600?

I brought to TGS for that technician to help me reduce the action, but they say is the best they can do before the guitar hums.. so i guess there's a limit?