My utility room is located in the basement of my home, but even so, I could always tell when previous dryers I've had were running. My new Samsung electric dryer is so quiet that I sometimes open the basement door just to see if it is still on! How great is that? And I cannot say enough about the size of the loads it can handle. My old set contained a frontload washer, which didn't do very large loads at all, ironically, because the machine itself was huge. But I guess I got used to doing such small loads that I can actually do twice as much in one load as I could before,  so I've basically cut laundry time in half! I love it, love it, love it! If you're thinking about getting new laundry appliances, get off the fence and BUY the SAMSUNG washer and dryer, you will be SO glad you did!