Beyond technology, I think we need to consider the psychological, even the psychoanalytic. Why? Because the OP understands that he wants to enjoy the music. The question becomes, for me, how have we gotten so wrapped up in the creation of simulation?
In part, it's the obsession is with continued advances in technology, ones that induce people to believe these advances will make the simulation indistinguishable from reality. And with the advance of virtual reality and now mixed reality, it's really immersive.
The challenge raised by the OP, is how to switch modes in how we listen -- to distinguish when to be critical and when to just listen. This is an internal, psychological challenge. An analogy for me is with food. At 59, I’m still working out how form a proper relationship with food. Food presents a much larger challenge because food (unlike sound) is tied up with family/relationship feelings which, I think, reaches deeper into my sense of self and security. Food presents itself as “comfort” when it should be perceived as “nourishment.”
The ideal of “the absolute sound” is, in a sense, promising something it cannot deliver — a feeling which is generated by the meanings of music. In this sense, sonic equipment is like every other marketer’s genie — offering salvation but only delivering enslavement.