I have now set our controlled residential ventilation to 4 and went outside (I don’t know that we have installed a silencer) The system itself cannot be heard, you can hear the rushing of the airflow even at about 6 meters away. If you don’t know that the noise is coming from the system, you can hardly perceive it. The ambient noises (birdsong, cars on the distant street, a TV somewhere with an open window...) are more noticeable.