has anyone ever tried a snake eyes driver head/shaft???

i saw a guy at the range todya hitting 350 easily with a 44" snake eyes 653D and a proforce v2 stiff shaft at golfsmith.com. I could not believe my (eyes or ears LOL) everyone at the ranges head turned toward this guy at impact, it is the LOUDEST driver i have ever heard. at $130ish for the club and $70ish for the shaft i don't know why people would buy OEM drivers for $300+ dollars when there are drivers that nice out there for cheaper. the onyl bad review i have read on this driver is that the some genuis put 12 grams behind the center and 8 on each side and the wieghts caved into the face. it comes with 8 in the center and 2 on the toe/heel which i think is fine, but i don't know why he stuck so much weight on that one.