Me and Mrs.Ukdoctor are on 23A and 25A for our next EK trip in august .
We used to take the middle row EF seats but found them to be a bit boxed in as neither of us will have a window. A and K seats are way better especially 23 A or 23 K.
Regarding the noise , I haven' t felt any issues on a night flight . Day flights ex MAN can be a bit rowdy especially if some of our members are around ;-)
However If you can't beat them join them :-)
Since it is a day flight we will be in the bar area for most of the time anyway. ;-)