Christian, thanks. It is a 20% reduction which I agree would be very
noticeable. My quandary is whether or not 52db would be invasive in an open
plan kitchen/dining area, but this could be subjective anyway.

Appliance in question is a dishwasher (we do not have one currently). The
comparison is between an AEG (43db) and a Bosch (52db). I have no data on
our existing Hotpoint washing machine to see what noise rating that has.

AndyP



"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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How loud is 43Db when compared with 52Db.

43dB is quite a reduction from 52dB and well worth having. It is the
difference between the figures that is important, not their ratios.

Christian.