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You're living in a fantasyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Grew up in the digital music age so I never really knew the difference until I started playing music and I gotta tell you, I’m not sure if mono is better (music enjoyment is 100% subjective) but there is this genuine quality of mono that brings music to life IMO. Good post OP >

Albums are generally mixed primarily for speakers, not headphones. With speakers your right ear will always hear some sound from the left channels (and vice versa) - this is crosstalk. You can get some (intentional) headphone crosstalk with a feature called crossfeed. There are crossfeed plug-ins and phone apps. >

It depends on what you are listening to though.
A lot of artists can really do some cool stuff with stereo. One band I really like, Polyphia, will sometime put each of their guitarists into separate ears. Then they will play a single riff together, trading parts on and off, creating a really cool and satisfying effect that jumps back and forth. If it was mono, it would sound like just one guitarist playing a riff. Which is fine, but doesn't really give you the intended vibe from the effect. There's been some really cool stuff done with stereo. Just in general the back & forth, or classic pan from 1 side to the next is worth listening to in stereo.
Some artists just pan instruments just for the sake of using stereo, when it really does nothing for music. Unless the music is written to be listened to in stereo. Mono is pretty much the way to go. >

Zaireeka >

How do you listen to in limbo in mono that song is perfect for stereo.