Dishes are cleaned well even on the light cycle.  Top shelf is deep making it easy to load bowls and cofeemaker parts.  Prongs on lower rack are not conducive to loading dinner plates.  Although rated at 51dBA, it seems slightly louder than that (not measured), and it included less sound insulation than our previous GE Eterna dishwasher.  The sounds associated with water intake and discharge however have been significantly reduced.  Appearence is very nice as are the hidden controls and it is easy to operate.