MQA?

You might consider enabling MQA, by paying, at the level of Aurender W20. I did it on mine and it works like a charm !

Like adding A-1 sauce to prime grade beef, the chef just rolls his eyes heavily. 

The very fact that almost everyone concedes that some enjoy the MQA difference and some do not effectively designates this technology to a category other than general improvement.

For those that enjoy the difference, perhaps the sonic change they hear was something their system lacked in the first place and could easily be achieved by a rebalancing through non MQA means. 

I’ve only tried a couple of MQA albums and after long listening to both, I am not inclined to buy any more.

Using the same recordings, I can certainly tell the MQA versions are different, but not any more "real" (which I know is subjective unless you were in the room during the actual recording).

In fact, if I had to describe a characteristic of MQA, I think they sound somehow more artificial. I’d be hard pressed to say exactly why I feel that way, but I kept coming back to that description during my listening.

The entire hobby / pursuit falls into that bucket....

The very fact that almost everyone concedes that some enjoy the MQA difference and some do not effectively designates this technology to a category other than general improvement.

Simply remove "MQA" from your statement:

The very fact that almost everyone concedes that some enjoy the difference and some do not effectively designates this technology to a category other than general improvement.