Yes, I had second thoughts about this purchase, and I should have had third...Extremely shrill, and lacking in bass. The original British Apple dreck is superior to these.
"Beatles For Sale" is clearly superior to "Beatles '65" from this new set. Extremely disappointing. I was hoping that 24/96 remastering would help, but I've read several conflicting reports on the remastering of these discs.
"Abbeyrd Beatles" is an extremely informative page on the subject. I was going to try the Japanese "White Album" but was discouraged by various postings on the audioasylum, basically saying there is no "holy grail" in Beatles CDs.