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Last point from me:
Factory-built wheel manufacturers tension their wheels for their heaviest/most bike-abusive imaginary customers. If they're not easy to adjust, you're stuck with this 'setting' even if you're using the wheels for general riding/training and you're not a 120kg rider.
One way to moderate this situation, is to pick a wheelset based on certain inherent characteristics of the parts involved in the build.
I own one factory set of wheels: Campag Neutrons. I'm ~65kg, and ride fairly light. Despite the high tension of the spokes, they do afford some comfort due to the shallower section rim. There's no way I'd pick a factory built wheelset with 30mm rim depth. It would rattle the shit out of me.
And of course these were the wheels that ~90kg Backstedt rode to Paris-Roubaix victory - I'm sure comfort was high on his list of priorities for that one.