My car has no drone whatsoever! The system is slightly louder than the stock setup at cruise, but when you wail on it the exhaust opens up to the note of a turbo Supra with exhaust. You can't go wrong with the setup I have IMHO.
As far as getting an 03' Cobra over a ZO6....I'm not gonna open up and flame as Ford has done a decent job building the Cobra to be on par with the ZO6. But let's remember a couple things here....The ZO6 is N/A, weighs less, and you don't see too many "Nancys'" driving around 6cyl. Corvettes as you do with the Mustang. Motor Trend recently tested the vert base Vette versus the vert Cobra. The Vette won every category with the exception of hp/tq ratings, and price. Pretty sad....The ZO6 is a man's car while the Cobra is for someone who wants the ZO6 power yet can't afford it, kinda like the SRT-4 in place of the STI or EVO.