Gaia is pretty awesome here, the orchestra is pretty crucial to this version of it, where as in By Your Command, it kind of isn't. There are alot of pretty good orchesta moments though.
The drums are still pretty loud here even on my 5.1 headphones watching the dvd on my computer, but I'd say it really sounds good overall and has a live feel to it. I only watched a few select songs and loved the screams in Stormbending, never heard Om before and thought it was aweseome, and as I mentioned, Gaia is pretty kick ass.
So far, very impressed with this DVD. I'd say I already like it more than RAL show, but it'll be hard to top The Retinal Circus for me.