From direct personal experience, I find the loudness to go 1) X30, 2) Rainsong DR-1000, then 3) WS-1000. The DR is definitely louder than my WS. I have played the CA Legacy dreadnought in the local store a time or two, but I tend to avoid dreadnought guitars these days. I don't have enough experience with the H-DR to know if it is louder, warmer, or ????
I play my Emerald X20 at bluegrass jams routinely and wish for nothing more. I have not yet tried the X30 at one (only had it about 12 days now) but it sounds very Martin-like in its tone. A friend who owns a DR-1000 came for a jam and pot luck on Christmas Day and could not put down my X30. The Emerald X30 gets the nod from me because of the curves and bevels - very comfortable.
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