I have owned a number of Dan's bows, Whips Classic and Standard, a Chinook one piece recurve, an "SL" and a Curlew take-down recurve and Super Ds. I have been to Dan's place a few times and have shot dozens more bows while there including the 52" Kestral and 64" Super Static Recurve. All of Dan's bows share a common trait, they are consistently extremely well-mannered and the only ones I've ever shot that had the slightest hand shock, actually more like a pulse, have been my Super Ds. I certainly don't doubt Biathlonman's experience but I would suspect that with some tuning the bow would have shot for him like they have for myself and others. Frankly, the S.S. that I shot at Dan's last September was in my opinion just about the finest shooting recurve I've ever shot, the closest to it being the Lynx take-down that I shot for a couple of months back when they were first introduced.
Don't know if this has helped Slim any but I can say again in my opinion you could hardly find a better shooting recurve than the S.S. or a "Hill Style" than a Super D. My preference is the Super D, there's something almost magical about the way they feel at the shot but I find myself in the minority on most things.