Yes binaural is very old, but it sounds spacious; I don’t understand why not too many stereo recordings using this technique. I have found binaural technique combined with 3D image widening process (such as a imager) could make regular stereo sounds massive with excellent separation, yet by using only two speakers. If outlaw can implant a quality imager chip into the 950 that enable user to alter the stereo sound field with 3D repositioning it would become very a powerful processor. It is the same principle used in TV sets and small portable stereos to expand the sound beyond the loudspeakers so that it sounds like they are farther apart than they really are. With this, combined with full range LCR in stereo, everything sounds so clear (music, movie); I almost feel I don’t need surround channels anymore. This dark house production has also incorporated 3D imager process to make the sound appears to be larger, which sounds really excellent.
But watch out, some 3D chips have side effects. 3D processes such as Spatializer, SRS, and QSound; utilize "generic ear response" filter functions, which often cause a weak center with echo on some recordings. They also require a centered, forward-facing listening position, and often take on an artificial-process character. The dynamic, spectral, and temporal modifications not only can be quite expensive, but also often cause "mucked up" sound. However, they sound extremely good with recordings panned hard right and left (such as, classical, jazz, instrumental with nothing in the center), but if there’s any component mixed in the center with reverb (such as, lead vocal, drum bass); it will make them sounds weak, distant and echo. This is what I have discovered so far.
Soundhound, if you have any experiences with 3D audio or imager, I hope you can offer some insights into this. I found they are really useful combined with an equalizer; they are also very tolerant of imperfect loudspeaker arrangement, room acoustic. Thanks, man!!