i guess that's just one opinion, the opinion that really counts is that of the paying punter, about where he or she wants to spend his or her pound note.
we often have such a fondness for our music and our scene that it can sometimes be bordering on obsession, but...... it ain't about 'us' it's about US..... it's about letting people decide whether this places equipment is worth them paying their quid or the other places dee jays' rare or not rare records is worth the quid.
Frustration oft occurs when we feel that WE are right and THEY must believe our side of an argument.
Live and let live, cream will always rise to the top, unless a venue is funded by a KR type person with loads of dosh (most ain't) then they will close when the numbers drop. Darwin had a phrase for it... Natural Selection?