A good player on a Casio will sound better than a bad player on an G70. Does that make the Casio or the G70 the 'better' arranger?

With regards to the acoustic and synth bass analogy, finally you are now understanding the problem and the absurdity of an A/B test.
There are just to many variables to take in to consideration.
If some one were to take an acoustic bass in a very traditional jazz band style and replace it with a synth bass then that underscores that it is the user that has the problem not the MS.
To use a synth bass in place of an acoustic bass, it depends on the type of style, the type of synth bass that would be used to replace the original bass, the other sounds in the style, the songs that would be played with the styles and other factors. All of which have nothing to do with the capabilities of the MS.


However, you are correct when you say that my post are “advance apologia for how bad these conversions are going to suck”.
I along with other persons understand how absurd the exercise is. I understand that there are to many variables (two of which I have mentioned in prier post) to where this exercise could even be remotely be beneficial.
If any one thinks otherwise, they are sadly mistaken.