Very loud, and coffee grounds in brew

We had a small 4-cup Mr. Coffee and wanted to get a bigger unit. The 4-cup is great. This one, not so much. For one thing it is VERY loud. If it starts brewing before we're awake it will wake us up, and our bedroom is not near the kitchen. It's a sputtering, whistling hot water noise and it goes on for several minutes. Second, if we fill the grounds container more than about 2/3 full we will end up with grounds in the coffee and all over the plastic basket. We like strong coffee so we can't brew more than about 8 cups at once. Pretty disappointed, particularly since we have zero problems with the 4-cup brewer.

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