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		patrickthebold on May 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Mu... Serious question: You only have 2 ears so theoretically headphones should be able to produce the same experience as 7 speakers in a room. I imagine that is a hard problem, but is my understanding correct? Anyone know how hard this is?

twobitshifter on May 18, 2021 [–]

That’s exactly what spatial audio is doing.

patrickthebold on May 18, 2021 | [–]

Thanks, somehow that was lost on me initially.

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