Can you give some specific examples, Hockman?
I'm surprised what you say about AP since the two I mentioned above are anything but warm and rolled off; they are bright and hyper-detailed.
Why do you prefer Classic 180g to 200g; have you any favourites?
For AP, I have a few:
Art Pepper, New York Album
Art Pepper, So In Love
Art Pepper, The Intimate Art Pepper
These are much older APs. They are warm with a 'thick' midrange, lacking in excitement although very clean sounding. So much so that I have considered seeking out the original pressings. Luckily my phono preamp allows me to adjust the RIAA curve and this helps tremendously.
I also a few blues AP reissues - Lonnie Johnson, Sidney Maiden. These are better but still very 'rich' sounding, like someone turned up the midrange dial. Same for a Jimmy Rogers blues CD that I have.
I would never characterise the AP sound as forward or bright based on what I have.
On Classic Records 180gms, I have:
Horace Parlan, On the Spur of the Moment
Sonny Rollins, Nows the Time
Sonny Rollins, Our Man in Jazz
Dave Brubeck, Time Out
Coleman Hawkins/Clark Terry, Back in Bean's Bag
I like these, the music has great presence and attack. My 200gms (Sonny Rollins' The Bridge & JR Monterose) are a bit more subdued.
I know Way Out West and Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section well. These are wonderful sounding records to start with, recorded with great fidelity by Roy DuNann. The sound just leaps out of the speakers with great presence and body. I have the japanese pressings.
Like I said, I normally don't care for most 'audiophile' reissues. They are usually a bit too clean and 'dead' sounding for me. I also can't be bothered to make endless comparisons between different pressings of the same album. Take everything I've said with a pinch of salt as I am also someone who thinks that a lot of CDs sound fine.