The size, shape and conditions of the room can be a huge factor. The most earsplitting thing I ever heard was a show by the 13th Floor Elevators at the Safari Club in Baytown, Texas ca. 1968. I know that PA system could not have been so very big and powerful, but man, did it pack a punch.
If that shook my brain loose it would explain some things that have happened in subsequent years.
If that shook my brain loose it would explain some things that have happened in subsequent years.