Jc as you say it sounds compressed like a CD....& isn't that exactly what all these DJ's who actually perform far more then most live OMB acts use ?....& aren't the people happy at all these DJ weddings & affairs because of the CD music?....so in essence the audiences aren't to concerned with the CD sound vs what you call live...& believe me I know what live is I've been in a 7pc live band 25 years ...& solo 17 years and have played almost everything out there on stage many many gigs with Yamahas KBs thru the years also & never once has anyone ever said "hey those drums sound like a CD" .....
you play, they enjoy, you get paid...
it's simple. IMO too much is put on the sound vs the talent.

kind regards

dp