A system configured to equalize a multiple-input multiple-output system, MIMO system, generating a sound wave field around a listening position in a room in which a loudspeaker array of K ≥ 1 groups of loudspeakers, with each group of loudspeakers having at least one loudspeaker (209, 210), is disposed around the listening position, and a microphone array of M ≥ 1 groups of microphones, with each group of microphones having at least one microphone (215; 216), is disposed at the listening position, the system comprising: K equalizing filter modules (103, 205, 206) that are arranged in signal paths upstream of the groups of loudspeakers and downstream of an input signal path and that have controllable transfer functions, the input signal path being supplied with an input signal (x(n)), and K filter control modules (106, 207, 208) that are arranged in signal paths downstream of the groups of microphones and downstream of the input signal path and that are configured to control the transfer functions of the K equalizing filter modules (103, 205, 206) according to an adaptive control algorithm, K x M path modeling modules (102, 201-204) that are arranged downstream of the input signal path and upstream of the K filter control modules (106, 207, 208) and that are configured to filter the input signal (x(n)) provided to the K filter modules (103, 205, 206) with transfer functions that model paths occurring between the K groups of loudspeakers and the M groups of microphones, wherein at least one of the K groups of loudspeakers is disposed at a distance of less than 0.5 meters from the listening position, wherein the adaptive control algorithm of the K filter control modules (106, 207, 208) is an iterative algorithm to obtain an optimum least mean square solution based on M error signals (e(n)) in M error paths and the K × M filtered input signals output from the path modeling modules (102, 201-204), wherein each of the M error signals is the difference between a desired signal and the microphone signals at the corresponding group of microphones, wherein the adaptive control algorithm comprises a pre-ringing constraint that is configured to model a pre-masking behavior of the human ear, the system further comprising a pre-ringing filter module that is configured to provide the pre-ringing constraint, wherein the pre-ringing filter module is arranged in a signal path between the input signal path and at least one of the M error paths. K equalizing filter modules (103, 205, 206) that are arranged in signal paths upstream of the groups of loudspeakers and downstream of an input signal path and that have controllable transfer functions, the input signal path being supplied with an input signal (x(n)), and K filter control modules (106, 207, 208) that are arranged in signal paths downstream of the groups of microphones and downstream of the input signal path and that are configured to control the transfer functions of the K equalizing filter modules (103, 205, 206) according to an adaptive control algorithm, K x M path modeling modules (102, 201-204) that are arranged downstream of the input signal path and upstream of the K filter control modules (106, 207, 208) and that are configured to filter the input signal (x(n)) provided to the K filter modules (103, 205, 206) with transfer functions that model paths occurring between the K groups of loudspeakers and the M groups of microphones, wherein at least one of the K groups of loudspeakers is disposed at a distance of less than 0.5 meters from the listening position, wherein the adaptive control algorithm of the K filter control modules (106, 207, 208) is an iterative algorithm to obtain an optimum least mean square solution based on M error signals (e(n)) in M error paths and the K × M filtered input signals output from the path modeling modules (102, 201-204), wherein each of the M error signals is the difference between a desired signal and the microphone signals at the corresponding group of microphones, wherein the adaptive control algorithm comprises a pre-ringing constraint that is configured to model a pre-masking behavior of the human ear, the system further comprising a pre-ringing filter module that is configured to provide the pre-ringing constraint, wherein the pre-ringing filter module is arranged in a signal path between the input signal path and at least one of the M error paths.