I'm young, only 17 and I've marched with Pioneer in 2008, Sun Devils (DCA) this year and am trying out for Blue Stars this upcoming year, but my own personal opinion is that the "dinosaurs" don't like where DCI is headed. It's headed away from the classic, blast-your-face-off shows and before that, gate turns and..well Mighty St. Joes-esque. DCI is headed in a direction that is decidedly uncomfortable for them, and they just don't like it. This isn't meant as a bash for the old shows, "dinosaurs" or anything at all. Heck, one of my favourite all-time shows is 1980 Spirit. I love the old stuff. But at the same time, this is a performing art. It evolves with time. Look at the history of music itself. It goes from hitting rocks and wood and chanting, to gregorian chants, to operas and symphonies, to jazz, rock, metal, reggae, country, blues, etc. Yeah, sure, not everyone likes all that music. Yeah, sure you can't really compare that to DCI for whatever reasons. But at the same time, music evolved and with it, humanity and without the evolution of music into what it was fifty years ago or five days ago, Drum Corps wouldn't be here. Not now, not ever. So, in a nutshell, I think the amplification of the pit is okay. Voice-overs are awful. Synths are terrible. Mic the soloist? Never..unless you do what Bluecoats did for the added effect. What the Cavaliers did with the trumpet trio? Unacceptable. But...I'm just a young kid who knows not of what I speak