Yes, I did prefer the straight stereo listening in Will's setup. In some recordings of popular music the soundfield enhancement processing can image instruments and vocals way out into the room, even behind the listener. In my own room, sometimes you would swear that the surrounds are playing and I have to look at a monitor meter to confirm that I'm indeed listening only to straight non-processed stereo. I have found that post-processing like PL-II or similar spoils the effects of these spatial processes built into the mix and simply folds the random and out of polarity signals into the surrounds. The soundfield is not nearly as rich and enveloping for me when this is done.