After experimenting with binaural beats out of the Monroe institute, I think a similar auditory experience is important. You're definitely right that together they could be quite powerful. My email is in my profile if you'd like to chat more.
Right now, I'm leaning towards the Muse. Does anyone have any suggestions for a hacker friendly EEG?
[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/muse-calm/id849841170?mt=8
This was what I was referring to above, seemingly the most hacker friendly EEG of them all, and shipping in January: http://www.openbci.com/
My research indicated that monaural and isochronic patterns are more effective than binaural.
However, if binaural beats were synchronized with optic driving (an audio pulse arrives in the given ear at the same moment a photic pulse arrives at the corresponding eye), then this kind of integrated approach could certainly trump them both (and simple optic driving as well).