Thanks Dan, very interesting. In just my basic way of theorizing things it would seem that the follow through of the string pushing an arrow on forward with no suppressor would allow higher speeds, but no!!!! In all actuality I am guessing that upon reaching brace that the string launching an arrow has reached its full potential. Sounds like to me with the proper suppressor and placed at optimum position that a suppressor can help suppress noise and vibration while not sacrificing performance. My opinion anyway.