I've got a little different take on strings. I personally think that sometimes a particular guitar sounds much better with a particular string, and I'll give an example.
For many years I've been a huge fan of John Pearse stings. I put them on everything. I never really liked the sound/tone of my then D30, which now resides with my son in law........new JP's, old, it didn't matter, it just never livened up. One day while experimenting with buying several brands and types of strings, I put a set of Thomastick Plectrums on the D30, and WOW! It sounded like a completely different guitar. So I put a set of the Plectrums on a couple of rosewood guitars, and YUCK, I couldn't stand the sound. For whatever reason, I think the Thomastick strings are a good match for maple, but not so great on rosewood, at least my rosewood.
Back to the JP's. One day I went sting shopping at the local music store, and no JP's, they were out. At the time I was buying for a Collings guitar, and with no JP's, I thought what the heck, Collings ships with D'Addario. Well they had a several sets of D'Addario XT's there, and I'd never tried them, and Lord how I'd always hated coated strings. Anyway, I played them for about a week before I realized they were indeed coated, and I love them.
So try different strings. Sometimes you find a fantastic match to a particular guitar. And sometimes you read all the negative about a particular string, and then discover you actually like them.
West