I went to the bow shop yesterday to get some new arrows. I am switching from carbons back to aluminium. Although my bow is noticably slower with the heavier aluminum arrows, it is also noticably quieter too! I did have to resight my bow a little, but I am not losing any distance in my shooting.
Well, the guy at the shop just could not understand why I wanted to go back to heavy aluminum arrows. He said " do you realize you' re going to lose some arrow speed?" It seems to me that a lots of people today are overly obcessed with speed. I' m not knocking speed, if it works for you thats fine!
But for me, I' m getting better accuracy and a quieter setup with the heavier arrows. I don' t think that there is a bow shooting fast enough that a deer couldn' t jump the string, but if he doesn' t hear it, he can' t jump it!