I've been looking at Jeeps for the last several years and there were two factors that kept me from buying. One was wind and the other was an oscillation from the suspension that was like Chinese water torture on my eardrums. The JL has greatly improved in both of these areas. On wind noise, however, I highly recommend buying the Alpine speaker upgrade because it also comes with acoustic glass in the windshield, which is much quieter than Wranglers without it. Miyako's Jeep doesn't have this and it is certainly louder than mine. There are also 3rd party products you can line the hard top with to improve the noise level even more, however I haven't tried those.
Basically, I think you should go drive one again to see if it works for you. Perhaps take a good look at the Sahara trim level with the Alpine upgrade.
Oh and the interior is VASTLY better than the old one.