I like probably about a third of it. The bass power in parts is really something, with the wick turned up I can feel the sofa moving under me (I do like a bit of bass) :) But the novelty wears off, and then you are left with what is largely, as you describe, rather pedestrian. I can just about sit through CD1, but the second disc I find almost unlistenable.
And the awful cardboard sleeve is neither one size nor t'other :(
Yes why do they do that? I don't mind so-called "de luxe" covers, as long as they are the same height and depth of a normal CD ( with its horrible polycarbonate case that is asking to become cracked, especially the front and hinge!).