Every one that I've purchased has been excellent. I own the Retro, Black Velvet, Jazz Brushes, Funk, Session Percussion and all the separate kit pieces. The funny thing is that I use pieces from all the Paks for my main kit I created. Only the Jazz brushes is used on it's own. Sometimes I use a certain kit from one pak but that all depends on what I'm after. I like the sound of the dry and will eventually get that and the Jazz sticks.