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[thomasortega]

Well, it sounds like... hummm, how can I explain that? Err.. ah... humm... well... it sounds like a Neptune washer.

Faint beep whe. You press the start button.
Shhhhhhhhh (filling)

Slosh, slosh, slosh, slosh (tumbling)

Slosh, slosh, slosh (much louder and faster) together with shhhhhhhh when it's rinsing the tub before the final drain
Trruuuummmm (drain pump)

Vruuummmmmm (when spinning) also some nhec nhec,neck (squeaking) because it's not as young anymore.

and as expected because of the bad bearings.... roaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr during the spins

ROFL.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Thanks.

Thanks for the sound description.

 

[cfz2882]

UFO liftoff with the SR motor

my '98 3000(using the early "switched reluctance" motor) makes a really cool "UFO liftoff" sound during the spin runup the spacecraft in the movie ET makes a similar sound as it lifts off.