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Jeepnut, as Arthur said limb savers will help quite a bit. There are some other Sims products that I have found very useful. One is the stabilizer enhancer. I don't use it, but I know several others that do and their bows are whisper quiet. Others are the cable guard attachments (they are only effective if that is where the noise is coming from), the Enhancer 2000 stabilizer, or the Sims modules. I feel that all of these products are helpful, some moreso than others. If you were to just get the minimum, I would definitely go the the limb savers.