For what it's worth, I have never found anything that beats my Yamaha FG365se. That's as long as you play in regular tuning as I do now days.
Yamaha rosewood laminates are excellent for the sides, and the new ARE system is well worth looking at. I admit I was tempted by an L16 ARE, but went back to the old FG. Martins don't do it for me I'm afraid.