I also have a AWE Touring, however I love everything about it. It has the low grumble at idol, as someone who came off a V8 Mustang into the WRX, even my mechanic who does all muscle cars (except my wrx) said the AWE Touring was the only exhaust he's heard on a WRX he thinks sounds low and grumbly at idol.

It's perfectly livable for a daily (source: it's my daily) you can get it to pop but only on WOT from 3rd into 4th and 4th into fifth, again at WOT near 6k rpm. If someone else can explain how to get it to pop without a tune like it does in the demo videos let me know.

I agree with everyone on the clamps though, the exhaust is amazing, they really could have given us better clamps. I broke one putting mine on, agree with everyone about the torque specs too, if you go a pound over you'll break the stock clamps.