what hoyt bow are you comparing the speed and noise to,gald to hear someone else is shooting em,I have mine 60#maxed out at 28.5 draw I have not put it on a scale yet but from everything I've seen it shold be around 62# and I'm impressed with it,this bow only drops about 2inches from 20 to 25 yds.and thats with a 27an5/8 beeman hunters 340 spine 9.3 gr. with blazers and with the super nocks and vibrake inserts I should be right around 403 or 404gr. thats a lot of weight to only drop a couple of inches,at 60#maxed out,very good enginering and it actually drives the arrow alot farther in the target than my bowtech liberty did which is also a good bow,but I'm impressed the punch that this bow has