They are very quiet but I've never herd them without the insulated flexduct hooked to them. I've had other inline fans with noise reduction mufflers on them and even tried those week ass panasonic whisper fans and nothing comes close. My owners books says the td-350 uses only 22 watts and has a sound pressure level of 33db. Hard to get better than that Most other 6 inch inline fans use 100 or more watts and db's are in the 80's so that should tell you what your looking at. Not sure what brand you have so may want to research your info and see to compare. I that do know they underate the cfm flow on the S&P fans because my 6 inch cools the same as my old 6 inch vortex used to with a lower cfm rating. I tested this buy the light temp on the reflector glass.