Yes, but the important difference, I assume (based on trials thusfar), is that it is much easier to learn the 2.704 objects when they are linked to a person-location combination than a 4 letter combination. As i have mentioned in an earlier post, it took Ben pridmore several months to learn his objects. To elaborate even further; I remember some of my own 2 digit major system attempts in which I was struggling to remember what some 2 letter combinations were supposed to be read as, so I can only imagine how hard a 4 letter major based system must be to learn. This is also the reason I have chosen a completely deterministic reading system (lNew memory system for fast translation of numbers) for both numbers and cards. The downside of this deterministic approach is of course that some words are not real words, but it is my experience that the advantage is greater than the disadvantage.
Another reason I assume this system is faster to learn than the Ben system, is that I can train by just using flascards with a person’s name on it and simply imagine all combinations of this person and the 16 locations; if have linked the locations in an intuitive way that allows me to go through them at high speed.