[falcolas]

I'm a bit surprised as well, but I've also recently realized how few songs actually benefit from having stereo mixes, given they're almost all added in post processing. It matters even less for a room-wide speaker, when the listener is not at a fixed point.

That said, stereo can matter, but only when the recording itself was done in stereo. Proper stereoscopic recording is pretty cool to listen to with headphones.

All my opinion, of course.

[givinguflac]

Personally I disagree on the stereo not really mattering due to post-production. Proper stereo imaging can really do wonders with vocals being dead center, for example.

[thirdsun]

I disagree as well. Any decent audio engineer will know that placing tracks, instruments and certain elements slightly, or widely, off-center is essential to a good recording.