It's been well documented on the SHoffman site, many members report very noisy surface with pops and clicks here and there, some warping also. The problem is Chad at AP is touting this Clarity Vinyl as super quiet, the best pressing. There is a 280 page thread on it.......My suspicion is that there is a good portion of the first run that had some issues, bad QC and some mishandling. Members there posting their order# and box numbers. Seems you have to clean it several times and some of the issues get better.
I am sure Chad is all over it now and making sure the next batch is, well pristine.....Like I said I'm in no rush, I'm looking forward to owning a well presented package. One positive on the box is some report there is enough room to store other copies of KoB in it.