If WD really did cock up the silence aspect then it's time to shoot for Seagate NAS HDDs instead, isn't it. Is the Seagate Nas at least at same noise level as the quiet ones WD Reds? And I don't meaon only in tests, but in reality when they are mounted in some small Nas..? I think they did this bec...

It is, for people who have Nas at homes, I returned 2 x Red because of that. But it is not "by default disabled", you can not enable it at all. And that is what I can't understand, if they at least enable AAM configuration for users. And the drive is not so much laud by self (when you hold it in air...

All new Reds in sale are now the louder ones. I'm not sure if the difference begins with NasWare 2.0 vs NasWare. I think they did it to increase performance (they must internally disable Automatic Acoustic Management). By HDTune, average seek is better now - 16 vs 21 ms, but hell they are so loud no...

Nice, I found old datasheet from 2013, there was

Idle/Seek (dBA)
2013
2014

WD30EFRX
23/24
23/27

WD20EFRX
23/24
23/27

WD10EFRX
21/22
21/24

So all current WD Reds are very load when seeking, it is a big difference (I have both generations at home). Thanks WD, thanks...

WD Red are no more quiet as before. I have 3TB 6 months old and it is quiet. Now I bought 4 TB and is very loud on seeking, also it make some head movement every 10 seconds (it is not load/unload cycle). I returned it and bought 3 TB, because I thought it was because of 4 platters. But the new 3 TB ...