# When listening to music with an iPod...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-listening-to-music-with-an-ipod/482304>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 21, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-listening-to-music-with-an-ipod/482304 "2009-01-21T15:15:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-listening-to-music-with-an-ipod/482304/21 "2009-01-22T15:22:19Z")

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Well, back to the OP, I don’t listen to a lot of classical music on headphones, but I’d assume that at least some recordings would be mixed to put violins on the left, cellos and bass on the right, and brass/wind in the middle/right. That’s where they sit on stage, after all, so that’s where you hear them at a live concert.

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