Patent ID: 6625289
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A stereo loudspeaker system comprising a unitary enclosure having a rear wall intended to be oriented towards a reflecting wall, a front wall positioned opposite thereof, side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, said stereo loudspeaker system including an even number of low frequency types of loudspeakers, woofers, which are disposed symmetrically about a central loudspeaker plane in the rear well at an angle to each other, and in addition to the even number of symmetrically disposed woofers, the system includes an even number of other loudspeakers of other types, selected from one or more of high-frequency loudspeakers, tweeters, and midrange loudspeakers, squawkers, which are all located in said unitary enclosure, characterized in that an even number of symmetrically disposed bass reflex pipes are disposed in the rear wall between the woofer, and in thatthe bass reflex pipes are disposed in a configuration selected from the group consisting of all said bass reflex pipes in said central loudspeaker plane and all bass reflex pipes in said central loudspeaker plane except at least one pair at an equal distance from said central loudspeaker plane; said other loudspeakers are disposed in the front wall of the enclosure; and all the loudspeakers present in the enclosure are disposed in a configuration selected from the group consisting of (1) each loudspeaker of a pair of equal type disposed symmetrically at an equal distance and angle from said central loudspeaker plane and (2) disposed in the central loudspeaker plane, each loudspeaker belonging to one of at least two channels.