Nice Report Muzz!
Very much my sentiments as well re: the ViperTec. Nice little bow. Very smooth shooter.
And I also don't like the lack of the cutout for the Hoyt NAP rests on the 2003 and later models. If that area of the bow was more squared off, I wouldn't care so much, but that are is now contoured and there is less surface area for the rest to make contact with than before.
Nor do I like the Hoyt strings.They start out decent and go south in a hurry. The WCCB will pick you up a couple of FPS but they are louder. I put on on my CyberTec earlier in the year, and the noise increased a bit more than usual for some reason (cam timing was perfect..so perhaps it was the X-coat?:shrug
At any rate those are minor quibbles. Great new bow from Hoyt. I came very close to laying down the cash for one.