The DC07 was introduced in 2001 Benny, so it must have been very nearly 2003 as you say if she'd had it for a couple of years. The DC07 was the loudest machine to date that Dyson have produced, and a shrill loud noise at that. Even though it sounded like one was standing under the flightpath at Heathrow airport when one was using ones DC07, I still liked them back then, as, like other people, I was taken in by Dyson's hype and marketing. I later bought a DC15, and it was much quieter, so it proves it can be done, but I don't think any cyclonic bagless vac will ever be as quiet as a quality bagged machine with variable power.