Hands-free system for speech signal acquisition in a vehicular cabin comprising: at least one first directional microphone being oriented in a first direction, each first microphone having a first output, wherein the at least one first directional microphone is provided as a microphone array with at least two directional microphones, at least one second directional microphone being oriented in a second direction different from the first direction, each second microphone having a second output, a noise reduction device configured to cancel a noise part in a signal from the at least one first directional microphone using a signal from the at least one second directional microphone, the noise reduction device comprising a first input for each first and/or second microphone output, a second input for each second and/or first microphone output, a cancellation means, a first signal path connecting the at least one first input and the cancellation means, a second signal path connecting the at least one second input and the cancellation means, wherein the cancellation means is configured to cancel the noise part from the signal received via the first signal path using the signal received via the second signal path, and wherein each first microphone output is connected to a first input of the noise reduction device and each second microphone output is connected to a second input of the noise reduction device, a third signal path connecting each first input and the cancellation means, wherein a blocking matrix and a subsequent adaptive filter in the direction of signal flow is provided on the third signal path, wherein for each first input, the third signal path comprises a sub-path connecting the first input and the blocking matrix and a sub-path connecting the blocking matrix and the adaptive filter, wherein a beamformer is provided on the first signal path, wherein for each first input of the noise reduction device, the first signal path comprises a sub-path connecting the first input and the beamformer. at least one first directional microphone being oriented in a first direction, each first microphone having a first output, wherein the at least one first directional microphone is provided as a microphone array with at least two directional microphones, at least one second directional microphone being oriented in a second direction different from the first direction, each second microphone having a second output, a noise reduction device configured to cancel a noise part in a signal from the at least one first directional microphone using a signal from the at least one second directional microphone, the noise reduction device comprising a first input for each first and/or second microphone output, a second input for each second and/or first microphone output, a cancellation means, a first signal path connecting the at least one first input and the cancellation means, a second signal path connecting the at least one second input and the cancellation means, wherein the cancellation means is configured to cancel the noise part from the signal received via the first signal path using the signal received via the second signal path, and wherein each first microphone output is connected to a first input of the noise reduction device and each second microphone output is connected to a second input of the noise reduction device, a first input for each first and/or second microphone output, a second input for each second and/or first microphone output, a cancellation means, a first signal path connecting the at least one first input and the cancellation means, a second signal path connecting the at least one second input and the cancellation means, wherein the cancellation means is configured to cancel the noise part from the signal received via the first signal path using the signal received via the second signal path, and wherein each first microphone output is connected to a first input of the noise reduction device and each second microphone output is connected to a second input of the noise reduction device, a third signal path connecting each first input and the cancellation means, wherein a blocking matrix and a subsequent adaptive filter in the direction of signal flow is provided on the third signal path, wherein for each first input, the third signal path comprises a sub-path connecting the first input and the blocking matrix and a sub-path connecting the blocking matrix and the adaptive filter, wherein a beamformer is provided on the first signal path, wherein for each first input of the noise reduction device, the first signal path comprises a sub-path connecting the first input and the beamformer.