Not many folks here will endorse other brands. If you wish to spend the time, you can go through some of the discussions, and I think if you do you will come to realize a couple of things. First, Toto makes numerous models of toilets, all of which are superior performers. Secondly, you will see that the famous brands that we all grew up with are mostly inferior in today's low flow world. You will also see that toilets in particular from Big Box Stores are usually cheap builder grade models that seldom perform well. I would point out that although Terry Love who owns this web site is the Pacific Northwest's leader in sales of Toto toilets, he has no requirements that participants endorse Toto. We do so because of our personal experience with Toto and with other brands. You should remember that a toilet is an appliance that will be in use in you home for many years to come and therefore should be one that is reliable, and price should not be your first consideration. I don't know if the Eco Drake would be less noisy than any other toilets, but I'm reasonably certain it would be at least a quite as any of them.