We were shocked the first time we used our washer at how loud the cycles are...especially since its a GE Profile and we expected top notch quality and that it would be almost silent. It was so loud we had to turn the TV up in the other room to even hear. I hate it bc its been almost 15 years since we bought a new washer and we were super excited so we purchased "top of the line" and got this noisy one. :(