Product review (5 stars): Happy with Whirlpool Gold
We thorughly reaseached our next diswasher purchase after our GE Profile let us down. While the Bosch models have snob appeal - they were pretty filmsy when we looked at them and the lower rack hung up when we tried to slide it out in the showroom on multiple models.
We loved the Whirlpool online video explaining the features and it sold us. We've had this for two months and it has always done a great job. I installed it myself and it is fairly easy - note the sound insulation is very thick and you'll need to tape it down to install the unit.
On sound, yes you can hear it running. Its very well insulated at every point with sound insulation so I assume this is as good as it gets.