Frankie, you need to post your locale and go have a day with some local bores while they still exist. Take some tunes you like and try to get out alive. Bake-offs sound a great idea, but in reality too many people are trying to do too much, but they are very sociable and you always see/hear something interesting. Even if someone just plugs a different amp and cables in your speakers, you will see some effect.
Modern compressed music recordings and minimal houses, really highlights annoying areas like treble, fat bass and over-level.