RE: 04 patriot
I've always thought my patty is really quiet. The only thing that I have changed was the spider looking rubber things on the string mysteriously broke off and I replaced them with $0.99 rubber tie-on string silencers. I think the cheep silencers that I have on there know actually do a better job than the orginal hush kit string silencers.
I never really thought about how quiet the Patty, and everyone has always had "Holy **** that is a quiet bow" reaction when I shoot it.