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Alot of the time chains are machined differently to the teeth on certain cogs hence why alot of people complain that chains like Izumi Super Toughness are loud. Assuming they are merely using them with an inferior cog.
For example an Izumi chain used with an EAI cog does not make a loud drivetrain (provided chainline is ok and chain is maintained properly) but if you used the same top of the range Izumi chain with for example a BLB or a Condor cog you would get considerably more noise.
Same goes for if you use a cheap chain with a Phil Wood cog for example, they have not both been machined to the same track standard so will take a while to bed into each other.