don't know why its sooooo big, but you can see it. at rest you can tell that it has the effect of shortening one side of a static yoke. it balances the pressure on the limbs. the advantage here is that there is slight motion on the floating assembly throughout the draw, effectively evenly distributing the tension throughout the entire drawing cycle and its very noticable. i got the ok for this from pat dinan (bowtechshooter) and the dimensions for the system from a hoyt guru. the disadvantage with a static yoke is you can only even out the pressure at 1 point of the draw cycle, period. what point will you choose, at rest? at full draw? i just wanted to try it out. i never expected it to quiet the bow down. i didn't expect it to make the draw smoother and take out some hand shock. i realize this can be a hot button issue for some people, i'm only telling you my experience. like i said, it impressed my neighbor so much he had to have one for his extreme and it had the same effect. if it has any effect on speed it is a positive one. davec is busy testing and hopefully we'll hear from him. my neighbor doesn't have a sts, but with the floating yoke with nothing on the cable its quieter (much) and calmer in the hand than it was with the static cable with 2 bowtech silencers. go figure.

swampdog, its just scary to think about what your liberty would feel like with one.