The stalker I am shooting now I just recently put a new string on. It's a 14 strand TS1 string and I added cat whiskers roughly between the 1/4 and 1/3 points. Arrows are 11gpp and that setup is really quiet to my ears.Dependent on the amount of speed loss that you're willing to sacrifice, silencing options are available. I'm running a recurve with two sets of string silencers (one set at the quarter points and one at the tertiary points) on a 8125 string (16 strand, I think) with about an 11 gpp arrow, and it's a whisper!