The Charlie Gillet stage had a good sound engineer who kept the volume and especially the bass at a suitable level. Generally the other stages allowed the sound controllers to show how loud they could go… what is lost is the quality of the music and the subtlety of the musicianship - less volume gives more subltlity. Also should under 5’s or young children be allowed so close.. does anyone check the decibels ? So concerts are spoilt by a ridiculous throbbing bass - Another observation is the further shift away from acoustic instruments - sad to lose non-electric instruments such as violins and Balofon…..
