Hey Austin
Personally, I'd rather go for a well known brand when it comes to an acoustic especially if you're looking to upgrade. Except if you have a well established guitar maker making a custom guitar for you.
Acoustic guitars (I've found) play 'harder' than electrics. The only acoustic guitars I've tried out that are easier to play and get a good sound of is usually your well known brands (Gibson, Ibanez etc).
If you want to go one step further, you could always invest in a semi acoustic. I am saving up for a decent one of these at the moment.