I think your points are good ones, Dragha.
We know that binaural beats work on animals, yet there is undoubtably some effect considering our notions about what we expect it will or will not do for us.
Sorry if I came off as being short with you.
Also, the beats in music, the way notes work together and affect our nervous systems, the way certain sounds affect us ... they are all important in considering the effects of music upon us.
I still go by what I have said previously, that we shouldn't think that only this stuff "designed" to affect our minds is what is really good at producing profound and helpful states of consciousness. A lot of really good stuff is not indicated for these purposes specifically, although the states they produce are why people buy them. The only difference is in the way people talk about them, really.
Thompson's stuff, even if you leave out the mumbo jumbo of psychoacoustics, is very interesting in its own right.
There is stuff out there that isn't labeled as being psychoacoustic or whatever that is really really good. Sphongle or Pink Floyd, for instance.
[This message has been edited by babayada (edited February 04, 2005).]