Opinions on the new Ron McMaster BN reissues?


I'm curious to see if people have any opinions (As If!) on these. I picked up three and I'm kind of mixed on them. Two of them, ArtBlakey's "Moanin" and Hank Mobley's "Sould Station" sound pretty good. The third, Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" is a little disapointing. All of them exhibit a little surface noise that I haven't had with some of the more expensive 180g pressings, although not to ruin the experience or anything. Maiden Voyage sounds kind of muddy to me, but could that just be the recordind?

From a pricing point of view they're great, especially with the free cd, but I'm not sure the quality is there.

Anyone else want to kick in their thoughts?
grimace