JimmyP depends what you drink
If it’s med + then a lever profile benefits that type of coffee as you don’t want to extract too much.
If you’re in to lighter stuff then you need to use different profiles and tools to extract them
The machine is just one of many tools to do so, you can manipulate taste in so many ways from a bit of filter paper costing pennies to a three figure grinder.
What’s apparent is the decent will show you flaws on crap beans, something I’ve had a glut of recently.
Synic in me thinks the quality of greens has gone down