I think that's a matter of frame stiffness. The feeling that steel or Ti is alive comes from the frames being flexy, and acting like a spring in returning energy.

If you're used to that, and then ride a very stiff CF frame, you're not going to get that same spring effect.

You can design a CF to be flexy, and give that feel, but the consensus is that most people don't want unecessary flex.

The beauty of CF is desginers have a lot of ability to dial in the flex characteristics of a frame.