My experience with a number of whips, recurves and super ds from Dan is that they are all very quiet. I draw 29" and for awhile now have been shooting a 64", 66" and a new 68" super d. There is something magical about them to me. That said the last whip I owned was a 64" classic h.s, it was the best-mannered finest shooting bow I've ever shot. Why it sat while I picked up the super ds I don't know but there is something about them I really like. Concerning hand shock, it is non-existent to me with whips while my super ds have a very slight thump, more like a pulse. I shoot relatively heavy arrows, 11 1/2-12 to 1 and I seem to remember there was around 4-5 f.p.s between my last whips and the super d.