My opinion is yes -- but -- it depends on the tire. Take the Goodyear Triple Tread as an example. Awesome tire but can be very noisy.

Head over to tirerack.com and research the various tires. You will se reviews on noise and the such.

My Bridgestone RFTs weren't that noisy until 12K or so. Sadly we had them on a 3 series also and the same noise issue.

But as I noted, some regular tires can be very noisy also.