There is no drone until you step onto the pedal to accelerate quickly. In the video when I'm driving back towards the camera, I'm in third gear crusing, foot not on the pedal, and you can hear there is no drone. But when your foot is down to accelerate quickly it opens up as you could hear from the takeoff. The guy who put the setup together even noted that he didnt think that it would sound good when I told him what I wanted to do, but once he got finished he was very impressed with the tone of the car. Even on the highway there is no major drone until you accelerate. Obviously the sound of the exhaust is more apparent then stock, but my radio is on most of the time anyway, so I can't tell that its anymore loud then stock until I turn the volume all the way down