I don't think it's essential. The Audeze Mobius is able to do this without the source being location-aware. (In fact, IIRC it appears as a 7.1 speaker in your a

I don't think it's essential. The Audeze Mobius is able to do this without the source being location-aware. (In fact, IIRC it appears as a 7.1 speaker in your audio settings.)