So, only ONE drummer you have ever played with got it right? Got any recordings with him in the band? Care to compare to the drum level on most of the user demos posted here?

I believe that overwhelming drums are JUST as detrimental as underwhelming drums. But slightly too loud drums are easier dealt with, simply by playing just a tad harder (which, again, wouldn't be the worst thing for many user demo players here). Tough to play even softer to balance an anemic drum part...

There's wrong at both ends of the scale, but I must confess, the end of the scale that almost all arranger players favor is the low one. One just wishes for a more even balance of wrongness!