HI, MY Son has used the D, Venoum bat since last summer and "the pop" people are talking about is real, Jarrod is a power hitter and he has hit H,R's out with this bat, at varsity batting practice he always hits a couple out at 320 - 365', the older players are useing his venoum all the time now, LOL, I need to buy him a new one now. I think it has alot to do with the long barrel the D has, the sweet spot is much bigger and the bat does has a certain flex to it, we havent noticed in other bats, at the last USSSA touney we played in Hilton Head Dec 03, he hit two out back to back and it nailed down the win to take first place. one 3 run hr, and a 2 run hr. He use to swear by his ole orange connection, but now its the venoum? just our opinion.............=).......scleftyzdad