Stereo vs no stereo

[spray2000]

Should you only use the stereo setting on your headphones for movies, Or can you also listen to it for music. I'm a noob at listening to music and knowing what is the best settings. When I have stereo off you can hear more voice from the music but everything sounds more behind you but when you have stereo on it sounds like you know in a surround more normal sounding..

 

[kanewolf]

There are lots of great music that assumes stereo and moves sounds back and forth between left and right. There is no reason to not use stereo with music.

 

[jsmithepa]

I suggest whatever sounds better to you.

My TV has a surround hookup but for the most part, everyday TV network broadcast, surround doesn't do anything to me, maybe in a PBS Nature program do they sending me true surround I can enjoy. For TV watching I have set mine for stereo front+rear, using the rear as fillers. In this mode, my receiver does send LFE to the sub if present, and the center is also active. Depends what yours does.