How can most music that’s playing from headphones have separate sounds for each ear?

Question

How can most music that’s playing from headphones have separate sounds for each ear?

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Answer 1

Think of it almost as having two different files/tapes/data-sources for each ear. The speaker for each ear only plays the data for its ear. They mix the recordings differently for each ear in post production so each will get a different sound resulting in the desired effect they’re trying to produce. Then old wired headphones actually had two separate wires for each ear. Wireless will have two different data streams for each ear.