Patent ID: 8494192
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04R,H04S

Abstract:
1. An audio reproducing system comprising: a pair of speaker units; mounting means for mounting the pair of speaker units, without being attached to a baffle board, to the vicinity of a listener's ears in a manner such that sounds emitted from the front and back of a diaphragm of each speaker unit are mixed; a transfer function storage for storing at least one transfer function; and audio signal output means for virtual sound imaging using the at least one transfer function and at least a portion of a multi-channel surround sound signal and outputting the virtual sound imaged signal to the pair of speaker units in a manner such that the listener listens to a sound reproduced by the pair of speaker units feeling as if the sound is emitted from a different speaker device, wherein the multi-channel surround sound signal comprises a low-frequency audio signal, and wherein the pair of speaker units are supplied with the low-frequency audio signal.