A method for processing an audio signal, the method comprising: • decomposing, by a decoder, a multichannel audio signal comprising a set of audio signal components and comprising spatial information by decoding the multichannel audio signal into the following signal components: a center signal component, Ctr signal component, a front right signal component, FR signal component, a front left signal component, FL signal component, a back right signal component, BR signal component, a back left signal component, BL signal component, wherein the Ctr signal component, the FR signal component, and the FL signal component are associated to a first subset (806a; 806b) of the set of audio signal components; and the BR signal component and BL signal component are associated to a second subset of the set of audio signal components; • converting, by a converter, the FR signal component and the FL signal component into a left side signal component, SL signal component, a right side signal component, SR signal component and a mid-signal component M; • attenuating, by a first attenuator, the mid signal component M, thereby providing an attenuated mid signal component M; • performing, by a first crosstalk cancellation unit, crosstalk cancellation on the SL and Sr signal component, thereby providing a crosstalk cancelled SL signal component and a crosstalk cancelled SR signal component, • adding, by a first adder, the crosstalk cancelled SL signal component to the attenuated mid signal component M; • adding, by a second adder, the crosstalk cancelled SR signal component to the attenuated mid signal component M; • attenuating, by a second attenuator, the Ctr signal component, thereby providing an attenuated Ctr signal component; • processing, by a Head Related Transfer Function, HRTF, processing unit, the BR signal component and the BL signal component by applying a Head-Related Transfer Function, HRTF, processing on the BR signal component and BL signal component, thereby transforming the BR signal component in a first binaural signal and the BL signal component in a second binaural signal, • performing, by a second crosstalk cancellation unit, crosstalk cancellation on the first and second binaural signal, thereby providing a first and a second crosstalk cancelled binaural signal, • adding, by a third adder, the first crosstalk cancelled binaural signal and the attenuated Ctr signal component to an output of the first adder, thereby providing a first output signal and adding, by a fourth adder, the second crosstalk cancelled binaural signal and the attenuated Ctr signal component to an output of the second adder, thereby providing a second output signal. • decomposing, by a decoder, a multichannel audio signal comprising a set of audio signal components and comprising spatial information by decoding the multichannel audio signal into the following signal components: a center signal component, Ctr signal component, a front right signal component, FR signal component, a front left signal component, FL signal component, a back right signal component, BR signal component, a back left signal component, BL signal component, wherein the Ctr signal component, the FR signal component, and the FL signal component are associated to a first subset (806a; 806b) of the set of audio signal components; and the BR signal component and BL signal component are associated to a second subset of the set of audio signal components; • converting, by a converter, the FR signal component and the FL signal component into a left side signal component, SL signal component, a right side signal component, SR signal component and a mid-signal component M; • attenuating, by a first attenuator, the mid signal component M, thereby providing an attenuated mid signal component M; • performing, by a first crosstalk cancellation unit, crosstalk cancellation on the SL and Sr signal component, thereby providing a crosstalk cancelled SL signal component and a crosstalk cancelled SR signal component, • adding, by a first adder, the crosstalk cancelled SL signal component to the attenuated mid signal component M; • adding, by a second adder, the crosstalk cancelled SR signal component to the attenuated mid signal component M; • attenuating, by a second attenuator, the Ctr signal component, thereby providing an attenuated Ctr signal component; • processing, by a Head Related Transfer Function, HRTF, processing unit, the BR signal component and the BL signal component by applying a Head-Related Transfer Function, HRTF, processing on the BR signal component and BL signal component, thereby transforming the BR signal component in a first binaural signal and the BL signal component in a second binaural signal, • performing, by a second crosstalk cancellation unit, crosstalk cancellation on the first and second binaural signal, thereby providing a first and a second crosstalk cancelled binaural signal, • adding, by a third adder, the first crosstalk cancelled binaural signal and the attenuated Ctr signal component to an output of the first adder, thereby providing a first output signal and adding, by a fourth adder, the second crosstalk cancelled binaural signal and the attenuated Ctr signal component to an output of the second adder, thereby providing a second output signal.