[Felix The Assassin]

Let me throw in my 2 cents.

My dude is of the acrobatic/stealthy type. His light armor rating is 78 or so. He wears the Saivors cuirass at AC 187, he has glass helm @ AC 173, Glass pauldrons @ AC 180 (custom made) ea. Glass greaves @ 175, and boots @ 166, Tower Shield at 185.

But Have found black leather armor, from ancient vampires (giants mod) it is slightly lower than glass, but has a huge enchant level.

My total AC is 210, and I still have 20 or so more points to add into my light armor. Wearing black leather; boots, gloves, and greaves, all @ AC 142. But all are CE, with an enchant of 150 ea. And the saviors cuirass, and glass; helm, shield and pauldrons.

Now for the rest of the story.
My Heavy armor rating is @ 53, and the best heavy armor I found was some silly named stuff and it was AC 100. A piece of plain ole daedric armor to me is only worth 50-60 AC.

So, the moral of the story is. What ever the highest armor rating you have, that is the armor to wear.

I also have the armorer plug-in. So I can caryy loads of raw glass and ebony, go to the public furnace and create my own stuff. I can make decent ebony shields, that sell for 23k ea. I have made some High quality glass, but the enchant does not increase, so I stick with my black leather.

Felix