Thanks for the long write-up especially since it contains real-life experience and so many different models of tyres.
What do you think of the Yokohoma Advan Neova Ad-07's? It is a tyre which is sometimes used on BM episodes and when i bought it, it was referred to as a 'semi-street' tyre. It is the best best tyre I have ever driven on and is good in both the dry and the wet. The wear is much faster tho and the noise while cruising is much increased compared to my older tyres. But once you get into a corner, you forget all that
