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It seems like nobody can make them quiet anymore. I have an old Shimano Rx100 hub that is totally silent, a basic Shimano WH-MT500 wheel that has a quiet ticking sound and an XT disc hub that is a bit louder but you can't hear it when riding.
I don't think it's just packing with grease, that makes the hub sound different but not quiet.
The Shimano hubs feel like they have softer springs in the pawls and maybe a better finish on the surfaces, I tried to spin the freewheel by hand on a Bitex hub and on a Shimano and the Bitex hub has a lot more resistance and you can feel the force of the pawls snapping back into place.It's really a shame, we used to ride nicely ticking swiss watches and now we can only get tinny sounding crap.
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Why are they so rare?! Why do cyclists despise peace and quiet?? I've been spoiled by an old Shimano hub that is completely silent and have never been able to find a similarly quiet one (never tried Onyx). My current hub is an old Deore LX and it's very noisy.
I'm looking to replace the freehub body with another one that is quieter but info on this is sparse to non-existant on the internet. The hub is an FH-M570, which searching only gets you 1 result - the default OEM freehub body. However, I know that for example the freehub body from an M665 works too. So if anyone knows about an actual silent hub that uses this design:
please let me know!