I have two pro-classic tenors - a cedar topped ebony and a mahogany. Both are truly excellent instruments, if a little overbuilt. Neither are as lively as my Koaloha concert or the Koaloha tenors I have played, but what is. Nothing except a Koaloha sounds like a Koaloha. That isn't entirely a good thing or a bad thing - just a thing. The Ponos certainly hold their own, but they just don't bark in the same way. I play the Ponos as much as I play the Koaloha, for whatever that is worth.
Also, I have had a Pono standard mahog tenor, a mahog concert deluxe, and the pro-classic mahog tenor. There is a real jump up in quality between the standard and the deluxe, in my very humble opinion. Less of a jump from the deluxe to the pro, to my ears. But we all hear with our eyes to some extent as well, and the pro-classics are really beautiful instruments.