I've been using Elixer lights or mediums exclusively for several years now. I use lights only on my grand concerts (GC or x12), I used either lights or mediums on grand auditoriums (GA or x14) or grand symphany's (GS or x16) and mediums only on dreadnaughts (D or x10). The mediums as you would expect are a meatier string and offer a more rounded tone but are a bit harder to chord (takes more effort to hold a chord clean) and puts more "pull" on you neck which can effect the neck relief (but not always). A simple truss rod adjustment will correct that. I think they also "move" the top more than light guage and really opens up the sound of the bigger boxes.
I dare say, with the light/med. set you will hardly know the difference.
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