Yes, this is how i set up. And im not hear big difference in terms of better positioning in any mode. Some time im miss with in-game stereo mix to headphones and same rate of errors was with in-game 5.1 converted to headphones on sound card. Also im not hear difference with X7 and AE-5...

Ok, when talking about sound im belive only in blind test, so im make my own now :) Metro Exodus, Im found campfire and make random mouse move with eyes shut, after it im try to pointing campfire by ears and check it with eyes open. On both AE-5 and x7, im try both mode - stereo direct sound...

Im clearly hear front/back sounds in headphones when play typical 3D game (without special selection of headphones in in-game settings). Game make HRTF by it self, but, of course, if we have options to make 5.1 game output and downmix it on sound card (or software, and today its, imho, always...

Im have x7 and AE5 (its some kind of "internal version of G6") Im dont see any difference by sound quality (but many audiofils say AE5 much better :D ) X7 its a much more functional device. Its have multichannel outputs and many others thing, als its have some functional and more accurate...