Quote Originally Posted by m_c View Post
I can't comment on a 2.2KW hydrovane as I've not heard an electric one running, but the 1.1KW is fairly quiet. You could quite easily have a conversation next to it, and is far less annoying than a direct drive piston compressor rattling.

What about the enclosed/sound proofed compressors?
Which ones are those or are you talking about taking a compressor and putting it in a box (which I am thinking of doing anyways).