There's a big difference in dryness of the clothes between my very old 800 machine ( clothes were very wet and took long time to dry) the hotpoint I bought 3 years ago spun at 1600 and dryness was very impressive but extremly noisy, however my new miele is set for spinning at 1200 and it purrs its so quiet and yes clothes are a little bit wetter than 1600 but its so peacefull in the house now its well worth it!