Sweet axe! Those guitars definitely sound great.
From my POV the launch had some negative reception because of the marketing approach with a bunch of YouTubers releasing videos at the time of announcement similar to a tech launch was negatively received in the guitar community. Additionally, PRS pricing has gone up more than +10% in the last 2 years vs their peerset. With the price sensitivity I believe people were quick to point out that a lot of the hardware on the NF53 or MK already exists on a much cheaper guitar, S2 Vela. I prefer PRS choose quality over quantity but their prices went from a premium (compared to gibson, etc.) to now I believe they’re slightly overpriced relative to the market. Manufacturers issue cost increases at different times so we’ll have to see if the industry rolls out additional price changes while PRS remains stable. Additionally, PRS is targeting a pre-established market with these t-types similar approach as the silver sky and we all know that drummed up a lot of drama.