You don't have to make it so complicated,Jack, just listen to someone speak, listen to the variation in the voice, then imagine it with all the 'life' taken out of it. That's not what I hear when I listen to radio, the dynamics are still there, but the question is, how much interference should there be with the recording and when does it become 'unreal'.
Foulestroupe, not had time yet to read through your links yet, but scanned the first bit and seem to be the techie version of what I was trying to convey in my first post, LOL.