[NeoVXR]

dynamics need some kind of patience. the listener must open his/her mind to the low volume and feel what is inside there. this requires inner and outer silence also.
( + with a window open and and a busy street outside, booming car stereos, you want your own speakers the loudest.)
then the listener must be prepared to the hot parts, anticipate, look forward etc.

remember haydn with the "symphony mit dem pauken schlag" (timpani hit).
this was actually shocking when performed the first time. then it became literally a "hit".

young minds want everything hot and at once. some are even afraid of silence.
the loudness war is very much a matter of market segments.