Fuck, talk about trying to pick the best out of a bad three! Juicys are second only to Hayes Nines in terms of "light switch" on/off braking - modlation? What's that??.... Levels are utterly dead in feel, like you're using blocks of wood for pads... ones I rode had resin pads which in theory give the best bite but lose out in overall power, but these felt like metal pads in the depths of an Antarctic winter (metal pads aren't good when cold). Metal pads might give them a bit more feel, maybe not; maybe you need to preheat them with a blow torch before riding to bring them to function. But they did at least have good lever pressure, which gives them some bragging rights over Elixir..... Never thought I'd say this, and it is a struggle to do so, but for all the shitness, unpredictable pressure, turkey-on-heat noise and pain-in-the-arseness to bleed, the Elixirs are - I can't quite bring myself to say "best" - the least bad of the candidates. But what you really need to do is throw all the Avid/SRAM stuff in the bin & fit... well... anything else (but Shimano are a pretty safe bet).