Yes ..of course and the "best sound" is CONSISTENT sound that everyone hears and where ALL the program material reaches both ears at the same time regardless of where you are sitting or standing.

Stereo is only the best sound if you are in the "sweet spot" Otherwise it is ugly in a huge room especially if there is any hard panning going on.

I listen to some old Rascals MP3s on my bike and it cracks me up how they hard switched everything into three channels. (before the invention of the glorified variable volume pan pot).Drums left, Vocals left right or center, very discrete and hard to listen to. Even at home if I am not in the sweet spot (which I have adjusted for where i sit) The fake stereo is distracting. I would rather hear the track in mono.



[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 10-16-2010).]