Aroc, SoPa: the noise that bothers me on mine is strictly the spindle motor noise, the drawer is very smooth and quiet. Well, the sledge is pretty noisy when major seeking, but I can tolerate that. Also, the fact that there's no disc stabilizer makes the rotation noise worse. I had occasion to be using the player for DVD-A a lot in the past week, and I guess the stereo track is near the inside of the disc, because the fast spinning noise was really loud, very obtrusive during the music listening, me sitting ~12' away.
I was hoping the Sept. units would be quieter, mine's Aug., my July unit sounded like a tank. So I guess build date means nothing, it's luck of the draw. I have another unit on order, though from what Beatles says it may not arrive on time, or at all. But units were shown in the local warehouse, but I bet not for long... I guess I can live with the noise if I have to, but the RP56 the 82 replaced was dead silent, and so is my cheapie all-region Apex. I bet most people (not necessarily those here) wouldn't even consider my 82 noisy, unless they had a direct comparison.
Maybe I should keep the unit I have, it's only about a month old, and offer it to somebody in the TO area who wants one. When I get the new one that is, and if they're going to be that hard to get around here... The CP72 is not commonly seen in stores here, the 62 and lower models are common.