Maiden are always a little bit on the muddy side, but there was definitely a serious drop in quality in sound at Holmdell, compared to when I saw Somewhere Back in Time in Camden. As far as DT goes, I'm guessing most initiated couldn't really hear what was going on, but the crowd's reaction was pretty good.
If anything, DT seemed to go on a little bit too long for the uninitiated. Things were great during As I Am, ARoP, and Home, but you could tell they were wearing on a lot of the crowd by the time Constant Motion hit (hell, they were wearing on me at that point, too
).
Thankfully, Pull Me Under seemed to really get everyone hyped up.
And, I was wearing a Maiden shirt. I didn't think much of it at the time, but apparently Mike isn't big on that!