The best meteor show I’ve seen was the Perseids, from high in the Wind River Mountains back in 1998. I saw one tremendous flaming fireball at dusk. Spectacular.
We watched the 1998 Leonids from a dark location here in the Black Hills. They were spectacular, even though relatively low on our horizon. Exploding fireball after exploding fireball, lighting up the interior of the truck (it was cold!), casting distinct shadows, and sounding like distant artillery.
Never seen or heard anything like it, before or since.