Deep down I've always felt reality would prove itself to be more exciting than the theoretical concepts of church I have always heard. Could it be that at some point in the past worship quietly, but definitively shifted from the analog age into the digital age? Upon surveying the landscape of churches in America, this appears to be the situation, especially in larger churches.

Kent Schaffer at churchrelevance.com has reported some recent findings that support this theory.
Church Technology Usage and Growth