I've found on my Ark Grip that the drone decreased loads by 600 miles. It was quite strange - I thought there would be a gradual change over time, but almost overnight on the 600 mile mark it got much less droney. Other people noticed too, without my prompting! Also found it popped and banged a lot more too.
I never suffered from drone with the ARK but I definitely agree on the pops and bangs. So easy to make it pop, bang and burble I love it ðŸ˜