Mine has arrived as well. Great packaging and presentation.
The sound is phase coherent, single point recording and this may well be the reason for some people to be underwhelmed. Everybody is now used to multi mic recordings with group spots and flank mics for ambience. The mic used on this recording is a Josephson c700s which is a mic with three capsules (One omni and two coincident figure 8 capsules) on one body. I think it is great mic and a viable approach for live recordings if who you are recording is up for the task. Well, Berliner is up for that for sure. Direct cutting brings even more demands on the recorded.
For me, this short signal path and natural recording is sounding very good. It is not fireworks, it is not produced to put on a show. It is what it is and that is enough for me. I know that at the location of the mic, this was exactly how this orchestra was sounding. It is a dynamic recording too, so I am surprised about people commenting negatively on dynamics.
Recording is an art, so you can actually make people believe that they are there with a lot of tricks. Most of the time, when people are commenting on recordings being natural or being there, contrary to what they believe, there are generally lots of mics and lots of tricks. This here is a quite a direct, honest approach and I appreciate it.
ps. Sound liaison uses the same mic for their one mic recordings.