ShopBot Desktop router up for the challenge?

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Originally Posted by RoboChair

THIS! EVERYTHING THIS.

Please find your selves more room to put a bigger machine in, the cost is marginal and the utility is HUGE. Please don't limit yourselves to 24", I know it's a lot of room but it is such a valuable machine. We machined at least 75% of all 3 robots we built last season with our VeloxCNC 50x50, you will use all the space you buy.

The biggest thing holding me back from getting a Velox is the potential noise. Using our chopsaw to cut wood is loud enough to stop all conversation in our shop and I can't get a good feel for how loud the heavy duty 3.5HP router on the Velox's is going to be. Upgrading to a powerful spindle would help, but not at Velox's prices, and I don't know enough about spindles to find a reliable one from China.
Do you have a gauge for the level of noise produced by this machine?