In it's time it was a great little bow, and still is really if your willing to tame it. On the other hand, their are lot's of other bows that won't require as much work.
My thoughts as well. I had owned a Parker UL31 a few years back. It was probably the lightest adult bow on the market at the time. That, coupled with the energy it was putting out made it exhibit more "jump" or recoil than the Fred Bear Epic Extreme my budding was shooting next to me. Noise level was not something that I noticed to be significantly different than other bows on the range at the time.
Also, if the bow is not set up at least close to perfect (a subjective phrase) then less energy will be imparted to the arrow thus allowing the energy to disperse into the bow in the form of both recoil and noise.
Hope this helps.