I agree with MeanV2. I shot a fast GE Splitfire 2 for four years prior to purchasing an Elite Synergy this year. It has to be the best bow I've ever shot. Smooth, quite, and very fast. The Allegiance is also a very nice shooter bow with plenty of speed. I have a problem with all the concern about "noisy" bows. The Splitfire I shot for years I thought was the loudest thing around. (I was using18 strands of 8125in thestring, 28" DL, 70#, 390 gr arrow, at 296 fps.) It was loud to me, but I never had a deer get out of the way of the arrow. In fact the only deer that ever caused me to hit high, jumped a very slow bow. Or, did I just not aim low??? I've never had a problem with a deer jumping the string. Got a nice 11 point and a doe this year, both within 15 yards. Almost identical hits exactly where I was aiming. And I have nothing on my string to silence it except MeanV2's "string stopper" on the bow.