I felt I needed to reply back to my own post here.
Now that I have had these tires for a few months now I am really starting to like them. Not as loud as first few weeks and not as stiff feeling. Overall once things settle down and break in these tires feel very nice going down the road and are very responsive.
I also have been caught in the rain, and no worries at all, they do exactly what all the videos claim they do, and handled the rain much better than factory tires did...
