If you sit on the back row in the suite, you pretty much get all of the sound. If you sit down on the front row by the glass, however, it definitely dampens the sound a bit. What I like to do is sit in the suite for all of prelims and then move down into the regular GA section for finals so that I can be blown away by all of the things, including the full crowd experience! One of the perks of being in the VIP area is that you do not have to leave between prelims and finals, so there’s no having to get in that long line outside and then race for a good seat before finals. You can go down there just before they open the outside doors and get a good seat. That’s just what I like to do.