Ceiling Exhaust Fan -How loud is .5 sones?

Got talked into replacing two bathroom exhaust fans for a good friend and customer some years ago - half way thru the project I understood why his regular handeyman had passed on it.My buddy wanted less racket in the bathrooms of his buisness - found the quietest rated fans available about 6 or 7 years ago.After mucho struggle installed them.Results were: One fan was somewhat quieter than the old unit I replaced - very definitely not inaudible. Second unit was basically pretty much as noisy as when I started because most of the racket was coming from tin vent pipes banging around -couldn't get at these (120+ year old building)- so no joy.
Based on this very limited experience - I'd suggest that none of the "bathroom" fans are going to be quit enough for you. Remote mount the fan and use the flexible "plastic" HVAC duct to get to your room - while I'm sure you can find really quit fans ( try contacting folks who build recording studios)- I think it'll be a "ma hand me the nitro" moment when you see how expensive they are.

Nasaman:
I will offer my thoughts from a different perspective. I have had very extensive experience with Panasonic fans. We currently have five of them in our home. Bottom line, they are 'spooky quiet'.

The largest unit that we have, the FV20VQ3, which is rated at 190cfm and requires 6-inch ducting, is in-audible from ~10 few away, and is barely audible standing directly underneath it.

Sorry I cant answer your question directly, but this is real world experience. I have chosen to install all of them with timers as it is SO VERY easy to mistakenly leave them on because they are so quiet.

I installed the panasonic whisper stink fans in my bathrooms and put a 150cfm one in the ceiling of my HT room just behind my head.
I often will run it to evacuate smells coming from the kitchen while watching TV. Its barely noticable. The panasonic whispers are worth the extra money.

I also purchase large fans for hvac air scrubbers I dersign and have a sound calculation tool in front of me from LorenCook fan suppliers.
Sones .3-.5 = 14.5-15.5 dbs

Im sorry I misread the tool,
.3 sones = 12.6 db,
.5 sones = 17.5 db.
But that is at the source,
figure your ears 5 feet away will reduce that by maybe 5dbs

Mumbles,
Excellent numbers, greatly appreciated. After carefully consider all possibilities, I've decided to go back to my first plan.
2chnlben,
Great to see you, Shadome, and some others have the technical ability and taking this hobby seriously.