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All calibers will have noise and without hearing protection everything is amplified. A few years ago I bought a few boxes of that CCI Quiet 22lr and was told that I wouldn't need hearing protection. Took my single action revolver into the woods and shot it alongside regular 22lr. Both sounded the same to me and I came to the conclusion that the "Quiet" rounds were just a marketing gimmick.
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I have always presumed they were supposed to be quieter when shot through a suppressor than standard .22s. Absent a suppressor I am not at all surprised that they are equally loud.
Not counting military shooting, the loudest thing I ever heard without ear protection was 9 rounds out of a 2" barreled H&R Model 929 .22LR caliber that I fired in a clearing while I was deer hunting. The sound was enormous - I think the trees reflected it all back upon me.
All ammunition is loud as far as I am concerned.