ORIGINAL: Arthur P
Only thing I'll add is make sure the bow is well tuned, with special emphasis on tiller. If the limbs aren't coming back to brace at the same time, with the same force, it will cause unnecessary hand shock, vibration and noise.
Arthur, I've been trying to envision how tiller would affect noise, and I can't. Can you further explain this?
I agree that tuning is important on two cam and even on hybrid cam bows. Cams not rotating in syncronization would surely cause a lot of vibration. However, I'm having difficulty seeing what affect uneven tiller would have. I have the tiller adjusted to unequal on almost all my bows, because I use tiller to fine tune my nock height. I've never noticed an effect on noise or vibration. It does affect how the bow reacts after the shot. For instance, as I'm sure you know, the bottom limb can be made to jump forward more than the top or the other way around if you prefer. Maybe if one cam is doing more work than the other, it would cause more vibration in that limb, but I would think that the other limb would have less, which should cancel that out. What am I missing?