Dave,
If you look at the bow limb directly from the side, you will see that it is much fatter at the forked end...........then it tapers down to a much thinner and relatively uniform width all the way to the limb pocket. I like to place the Limbsavers right at the point where the limb is almost entirely tapered down, just slightly up the slope of the taper. Without a picture this is a difficult description I know.......[>:] Its not a HUGE difference, not like shooting the bow with or without the Limbsavers attached, but I could feel and hear a difference over placing them on the fat forked end of the limb, especially with the Mighty Mite for some reason.
As for the Hush Kit Silencers.........someone here weighed them on a grain scale and found them to be 23grs a piece. I wish someone would weigh a SIMS Leech for me for comparison, but that seems heavy to me. Regardless of potential speed loss, as much as I like BowTech products I have to say that the SIMS leeches work better for noise and vibration reduction. They are better than nothing obviously, so that' s a plus with respect to not having to immediately purchase another product for a brand new bow if you don' t feel like spending any more money on add ons.........I' ll put it this way, to my ears the Leeches are an " Upgrade" .
I had every intention of testing speed with regards to bare string vs.Hush Kit vs. Leeches but got too excited and just started shooting and changing things as usual.