Melon Sweetness...variety, soil, or weather?

[nctomatoman]

I am going to give muskmelons/canteloupes another go this year. I've been fairly disappointed with the flavors thus far....

Passport - nice looking large melons, and lots of them, but on the bland side. Consistently found lacking two years in a row.
Diplomat - JSS describes as very sweet, an improvement on Passport - tried last year, utterly bland, no sweetness at all, even trying different ripeness levels.
Noir de Carmes - smaller than I expected, pretty, plentiful, but again, way too bland for my taste.
Rocky Ford/Eden Gem - smaller than I like but pretty productive and flavor was acceptable, with a few approaching good...flesh not very thick - went from under to overripe quickly.
Tip Top - probably the best I've tried the past two years - good size, good productivity, flavor approached very good on a few melons.
Ananas - didn't do that much for me....variable in size, variable in flavor.

When I lived in PA, I grew Burpee's Hybrid and another Burpee hybrid called Sweet Dreams - both were great - sweet and flavorful. Ambrosia didn't fare so well - went overripe quickly.

Anyone have any particularly flavorful melons? I've not grown the Charentais types yet such as Savor or the original Charentais, though the descriptions are glowing. I've heard Green Machine is good.