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Louis, it's sitting in my drawer anyway and you can have it first and then pay me later.
Apollo, you can actually make it silent by either disassembling it and putting grease between the ratchet and the pawls or by dripping heavy oil between the gaps. AFAIK they come new packed with very little grease and you are advised to spray GT85 to thin out the grease before bedding in the freewheel.
The only problem with the above is that gunk might build up between the pawls and ratchets which might lead to the freewheel skipping and damaging it. That said Danny (Czech guy) who was at the LO did open it up and greased it to reduce the sound and he said there's no problem.
Frequent disassembling and regrease could be a solution but I can't be asked, just GT85 once a week and it has been serving me loud and well!