Good afternoon folks,

My longbow, Traditional Only Oberon, is quite loud... I say this in comparison to my recurve. I have the brace height at 7.75". I do not have a quiver on the bow, as the one I had made the bow feel very unbalanced. The bow is strung with a "high performance" D97 Flemish twist string that came with it and does have two wool silencers. Would a better quality string help, different brace height? As always, I appreciate your input.

Adam

7.75" is quite a bit for a long bow.  I usually run mine about 6.5"

Not sure what is recommended but I'd lower it to 7ish and see what she says

Like stated above brce high is to high I run mine 6.5", how heavy is your arrow how far down are your string silencers, 

I just looked at the Oberon longbow online, I didn't realize it was a an R-D long bow as opposed to a straight limbed  ASL type bow.  I have a a Toelke Whip that is of similar design it prefers a brace height of about 7-3/8". So maybe start at 7" and work up from there, that's probably more realistic for an R-D bow.

You have a good quality string already.  Follow the advise above as to lowering your brace height. Your bow will "tell" you when you have it right.  Play with your brace height adjusting it up and down in small increments and see what your bow tells you.  Also as asked above, what is your arrow weight?

As already mentioned, brace height for your longbow should not be the same as for a straight limbed ASL and the range of 7"-8" seems appropriate. There are a lot of factors other than brace height that could be in play, the string, the wrong arrow spine, a bad release and the bow may simply be noisy by design, some are.

I did look at the 3rivers archery site and there are a number of reviews, almost everyone positive. The only mentions of brace height were for 7 3/4"-8" and there were a couple on changing the string and nothing about the bow being noisy if that helps in addressing the issue..

What are the specs on the bow (poundage at draw length)?
What are the specs of the arrow you are shooting?
Are you shooting split or 3 under and where is your nock point set?
 Where are the silencers placed on the string?

I've found that 18.3% of total string length down from the nock point to be optimal positioning for string silencers.  I also use para cord sheath material as string silencers.  Just pull out the white stuff and put three or four 2" pieces at each end.  This works for me with D/R longbows 60-62 inch long with heavy arrows.  YMMV
  

Measure 7 1/4" from the back of the sight window at the shelf not the grip this will work for most R&D longbows and some recurves much less will be noisy also try two sets of cat whiskers and tie them on the little knot also helps .

Try a different string material and see what you get, I use BCY Mercury on all my bows and I find it an excellent choice and very quiet