I can see you've all made up now singing "Cum-ba-ya" and all, but I have to give my opinion about DT vs. SX.
First I want to make clear than I preffer Symphony X over Dream Theater. But...
1. Rudess IS better than Pinella.
2. LaBrie's voice was great on "Images And Words" (and before DT) but after that he tried to sound bad-ass/agressive and failed miserably, but...
3. ...on "Six Degrees" I think he sounds pretty good. And he sang very good when I saw them live last year also.
4. Dream Theater feel tighter than SX do. Or did. On the live CD they didn't sound as tight as DT did on "Live Scenes from NY". But SX sounded godly four weeks ago so maybe they've improved.
5. Russell beats LaBrie's ass (or voice) any time.
6. I won't even get into the Romeo vs. Petrucci debate. In my opinion they're both amazing doing their own thing extremely well.
I don't understand why there was a need to fight over this. But it sure gave me a good laugh. Thanks guys!