flying taco

Ok guys... i know people have asked about exhausts about a billion times but this question is just a liiiiiiitle bit different. Ok... I have an 87TII with a streetported engine. I want to have an exhaust that has some good sound to it, but isn't so loud I have trouble hearing music in my car. If I bought the racing beat system but replaced the presilencer with a straight pipe, how would that sound compared to an APEXi N1 dual with a highflo cat and the muffler silencers? Also, how would the power increase compare for the two of them. I know the racing beat exhaust claims 58HP increase... what about a full 3" apex exhaust?

Thanks

Aaron