IMO, Taylors stand up to anything on the market for tonal quality, feel and action.
The only brand I’ve found to be better than taylor was from a boutique Luther shop in California. I want to say it was called a Santa Rosa, but am not certain. I only played it once about 15 years ago. Incredible instrument with an incredibility high price.
Santa Cruz?
It seems with acoustic guitars that you really do get what you pay for, more so than electrics. I have a Sigma acoustic (basically a licensed copy of a OO-style Martin) that cost around $180 new, which I never play because the action is terrible and no amount of fiddling with the saddle will fix it. And the main reason I haven’t replaced it yet is because I’ve yet to find another acoustic I like with a price under $3,000.
For the record, that figure is about twice what I paid for my PRS.