Both good companies w/ good products and service.  Basically, they are like apples and oranges as one is a recurve and the other a compound.  Recurves are simpler and wider.  They rarely breakdown and you do your own maintenance w/o bow monkey.  I shoot Excals.  The Phoenix is my bow of choice, the Emax is overkill and hard on servings, tiring to cock repeatedly at 225#