If I understand your question, there are two factors coming into play. First is the recording. Binaural recordings may help the imaging, or other recordings where the microphones were set up specifically for headphone or earphone playback. The other factor, for ordinary stereo recordings, concerns the geometry of headphones and where the sound is coming from, that is, the drivers are directly aiming into the ear from the sides. There might be some headphones out there that address this by putting the drivers in front of the ears, but I'm not aware of any, and they'd probably be very bulky. Until you get the sound coming from the front (or a recording made to replicate the how your ears pickup sound from the sides), you're going to have headphone imaging.
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