Concerning the sound levels at Datastorm, i must agree with the other visitors. It was out of control this year. Ok, the levels were a little too loud and the treble to sharp during planned events such as compos and demo shows, but thats ok. The problem was thundering soundlevels late at night with drunk people behind the controls. I think when you have such a powerful PA at a party, you must have some restrictions or rules for the usage, otherwise it will always end up like this. I know its really tempting for some who like DJ'ing and music to go up there and blast music on the system when being drunk to get some love and attention, but as a thumb rule you should never let anyone intoxicated handle a soundsystem that big. Its simply dangerous and can damage peoples hearing permanently. I am a DJ myself and i was up there playing music on the system friday night and i noticed that the levels where at least twice as high on the floor as up in the dj booth where iw as standing, and this is because there was no monitors. To hear music good up there you simply have to crank it up to levels that are painful on the floor below. You organizers should really consider this feedback from the guests, and remember that its not really complaints. We care about your party and feel engaged in whats going on, and we trust you guys and love Datastorm. Just be responsible with the PA please. Let it be silent from lets say 3am to 10am and everybody will be really happy. And please remember, with a PA that big, there is NO escape from the sound. If you cant take it you have to leave the building. Even when i had earplugs on trying to sleep the bass was so strong it made my eyeballs vibrate in the sockets of my head, not to speak about the walls and tables and things around me thumping along with the bass frequencies. You either have someone responsible for the sound or you install the two monitors into the booth and the problem is gone. It would be so sad if people stopped showing up because of something trivial as soundlevels.