Ok here comes a total noob to the rescue!
To me as a listener, expertly compressed mixes (like the Alges') are definitely more impressive at the first listen. However the downside of this "impact" is that it somehow tires my ears very easily.
Mixes with much of transients and dynamics preserved may not be so impressive at the first listens (and on radio), but they make much more long lasting pleasurable listening. The fact there are various elements sticking out dynamically in such mixes sustains interests in the ears (the brain rather?) longer.
Perhaps it might be described like the difference between looking at a glossy photoprint versus an oil painting of a human portrait. Or quickies versus tantric coupling
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Mr Swedien!)