Not as simple as all of that, because people are individuals, and all have individual form, stature, comfort levels, and induce differing levels of imparted torque into the bow.

So, what this means is that altho a shoot-thru or X system may in fact feel like the cat's butt to some people, there are others who prefer a cableguarded bow due to the attributes mentioned above. Not everyone will shoot a non-cableguarded/neutral geometry bow better--- not Pros, not Amateurs. In fact, many of the Pros on the aforementioned Martin factory team do not shoot the Nitrous or Fury X system. Same thing with Merlin and their shoot thru vs. their cableguarded bows. Why? Simply because some shoot a cableguarded bow better. Personally, I have shot them all, and for me it is about 6 of one, half-dozen of the other. I personally will not put down my Merlin Omega hybrid system with cableguard for any other current design. JMHO Pinwheel 12