enjoy the music: how listening bars have hit the right note

Any show Ive ever gone to Ive never been able to adjust the volume or pick the playlist

why not? is it to prevent you from judging the true performance of the speakers?

Its a bad idea to think you can lump as many people as you can into a room and expect each person to enjoy perfect sound. The sweet spot could never be wide enough and every person has a different hearing response so to get the best sound requires the sound to be CUSTOM TUNED to their ears. Why would you pay to go to a listening bar despite this?
you wouldnt even be able to adjust the volume let alone the music that was played.