Ceiling Exhaust Fan -How loud is .5 sones?


Can any1 please provide an example of how loud would .3 to .5 sones be?
Could it be equivalent with the machanism of a noisy cheapo DVD player?
*Please focus on sones (sound level?) and not going off topic such my room size, cfm, wattage, or other options like open the windows, adding AC lines or a return line, etc. Thanks
Panasonic has few of them that can generate .3 to .5 sones: http://www.rewci.com/panfv05.html
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Got talked into replacing two bathroom exhaust fans for a good friend and customer some years ago - half way thru the project I understood why his regular handeyman had passed on it.My buddy wanted less racket in the bathrooms of his buisness - found the quietest rated fans available about 6 or 7 years ago.After mucho struggle installed them.Results were: One fan was somewhat quieter than the old unit I replaced - very definitely not inaudible. Second unit was basically pretty much as noisy as when I started because most of the racket was coming from tin vent pipes banging around -couldn't get at these (120+ year old building)- so no joy.
Based on this very limited experience - I'd suggest that none of the "bathroom" fans are going to be quit enough for you. Remote mount the fan and use the flexible "plastic" HVAC duct to get to your room - while I'm sure you can find really quit fans ( try contacting folks who build recording studios)- I think it'll be a "ma hand me the nitro" moment when you see how expensive they are.