Changed from Bridgestone RE40's on my 18 inch standard wheels that still had plenty of tread but killed a tyre and didn't want to get another crappy RE40. Bought Falken fk452's all round from camskill last month. Road noise at least 20% less. with the RE40's I thought there was a hole in the car the noise was that bad. Tyre walls seem to have a touch more flex than the bridgestones but upped tyre pressure to 37 and that sorted it. Wet and dry handling much improved, no more loosing the back end when not expecting it, you would have to screw the car to get the back end out now, and i love the car to much to treat it like that.
Also have bridgestone RE50's on my 19" volks for summer grip is fantastic in wet and dry, much tighter cornering feel, less wall flex, road noise not as good as the falkens but i think thats down to profile on different size wheels. run these at 35psi.