Thad E Ginathom
Well-Known Member
I think you are right, and that this is the difference between stereo and binaural. It is only in the past year or so that I have done much listening using headphones (apart from commuter-portable listening) and only recently I've been looking into how to make the experience better. It all started with stumbling on a review of that intriguing phonitor!It seems that I am not part of audience and listening to performance in front of me , but seems that I am being part of performance and instrumentalists are to left or right.

The origin of its design was to make it possible for a studio engineer (working in the field, for example) to monitor the mix using headphones, because with them, they just cannot experience the stereo field they are attempting to create for us --- and we cannot experience it either. I find that it is not the only headphone amp with crossfeed.
"they" say that listening with crossfeed is less fatiguing. After trying for a couple of hours, I think I agree. I don't think anything can really put headphone sound in front of our heads, because it isn't, but we can help the illusion. One forum contributor wrote that he didn't like it because it put the sound behind his head.
I think it is a step towards getting a soundstage on headphones. Only problem is that software I'm using somehow makes my 'phones sound cheaper :sad: and I don't understand the paramaters.