Further update today:

Swapped a different wheelset into the Paramount for testing--dark anodized TB14 laced to Superbe Pro hubs using the same DT Swiss spokes. Pulsing was calmer in some situations but sometimes there was rim-to-brake-pad chattering. So some slipping seemed to help, perhaps.

I looked at the toe-in of the brake pads and although they technically were, it was almost not there. I changed back to my troublesome polished TB14 wheel and then adjusted the pads for decent toe-in. Surprisingly, it greatly reduced it! That was a huge step forward. The soft pads and extremely shallow toe-in, in my mind, combined to exacerbate the problem through creating a sort of toe-out situation. At any rate, the feeling through the brake calipers is now back within what I would consider a normal range of feedback. The fact that this particular TB14 is not as cooperative (though improving) is another issue, but if it can be made good enough, then I think it should hold. [MENTION=340794]Dfrost[/MENTION] and I talked at length about it today. I will need to run this wheel on other bikes to see if it is the Paramount's issue or a rim issue or a brake caliper issue or a me issue.