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		layer8 on May 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless A... > the sound appears to be coming from outside of my head, rather than between my ears It’s a pity that Apple doesn’t provide that feature as a simple option that one can apply to any audio source.

armincerf on May 17, 2021 [–]

It gets activated on any audio source in a surround sound format, it can’t be applied to stereo sources because stereo audio doesn’t contain any positional info

layer8 on May 17, 2021 | [–]

It’s possible to apply Dolby Headphone (or similar systems) to any stereo signal, to get rid of the “in your head” sound.

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