Since I prefer Acoustic Music, I only use amplification to balance the sound, or else when the venue requires just a little boost to hear the instruments. I suspect that when the hippie crowd used to go to concerts, between the screaming & the booze/drugs the band was only heard if amplified at Warp decibels--& this has become the standard. When it gets so bad that the baby boomers all turn off their hearing aids & throw them on stage, maybe the bands will take the hint.