Thanks - exactly the info I was looking for.What you’re talking about is initial bite. The stock pads had a pretty high initial bite until they bed fully then they mellowed out (or I got used to it). The EBC Red stuff were very similar in initial bite and bedding in mellowing out.
As for performance, when I say this I mean overall braking power and how much braking you can do before the pad sublimates and starts to fade. I found the stock and EBC red stuff very similar in that regard. 5-7 hard braking zones has the pads starting to fade in both cases.