The band sounds very powerful from the first notes, as they start playing Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper. A great opener, by the way!  Recordings cannot convey how great guitars and bass sound! Every hit of Mike Portnoy’s drum is heard, and Jordan Rudess makes it all sound together with very audible keys.  Bass sounds simply gigantic, it almost feels how John Myung hits the strings, - I can hear the string clink, this is how clear the sound is.  Guitar is roaring, it is not so gentle as on their recordings. Keyboards are an installation from some space ship, Jordan rotates his boards making white and black keys seen to the audience. Then there are vocals that are a bit too high in the mix.. James LaBrie is all around the notes - he is not hitting them, but rather sliding to them from higher or lower registers. Echo and delay effect on the vocals do not save the situation.