Ducsauce, for now I'm using an STS and the bow is as quiet as need be to hunt with. It actually got quieter last week whenI finally served the area where the string hit's it.

BUT if it wasn't for my noiser than should be rest & sight I wouldn't be using the Sts and would go with something like Bowjax or simms string silencers(the new ones)

Without the STS I can hear my sight & restmaking noise during the shot, with the STS the noise is gone (removing what little vibration remains). I think the sight is my main culprit (VBG pro-slide= moving parts)& it might get replaced next year, for now I'm gonn leave well enough alone. I've got other coals in the fire to stoke [&:].

BTW, when I lost mylower string thing (I cut them off when they start throwing arms) I picked up 1 fps and the sound the bow made stayed the same, whenthe upper was removedI lost 1 fps and picked up the string"twang".

Right now I'm running the STS with 1 brass nock high & low next to the factory speed nocks. This helped return the speed to before silencer loss status. I'm wanting to try the bowjax (1 on top only) since they claim a speed advantage and long life.