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by LarsAlereon 141 days ago
I think if you pitched this as "binaural beats that always work regarding of network conditions" that would be better-received. I don't think there's much of a scenario where streaming services aren't able to consistently deliver high enough quality for 3D positional audio. If there were, ASMR artists would be pushing much harder for alternate platforms.
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You make a great point. 'Determinism > Bandwidth' is definitely the stronger argument.

The main difference with ASMR is that it uses multiple spatial cues (reverb, tone) which survive compression well.

Entrainment is more fragile. For a cognitive tool, I wanted to engineer that risk out of the system entirely.