I have first hand experience here fellas... I was shooting a Hoyt/Reflex bow and wanted to upgrade, shot several top of the line bows but bought the 2007 Illusion on sale for $600 at Bass Prob/c many touted it as being as good as the others and it was much cheaper. I was so disappointed in the speed and noise that I took it back. Maybe I had unrealistic expectations but my old bow was better than the Illusion imo, although it does have a very smooth draw cycle since it's a single cam bow and it was forgiving but here I was thinking I just got a pretty fast bow and I had to spread out my sight pins from where I had them set-up on my Reflex! Not what I expected for theprice. I am much happier with my new Mathews in all aspects, no comparison.