A system for generating silent zones at a listening position, the system comprising: a first loudspeaker disposed at a first position adjacent to the listening position and configured to radiate sound that corresponds to a sound signal; a first error microphone disposed at the first position and configured to pick up noise radiated by a noise source via a primary path to the listening position, and configured to generate a corresponding first microphone signal; a second loudspeaker disposed at a second position adjacent to the listening position and configured to radiate sound that corresponds to a sound signal; a second error microphone disposed at the second position and configured to pick up noise radiated by a noise source via a primary path to the listening position and configured to generate a corresponding second microphone signal; a third error microphone disposed at a third position adjacent to the listening position and configured to pick up noise radiated by a noise source via a primary path to the listening position and configured to generate corresponding third microphone signals; and an ANC controller configured to receive the microphone signals from the third error microphone and at least one of the first and second error microphone , and to provide a loudspeaker input signal to at least one of the loudspeakers based on the third error microphone signal and one of the first and the second error microphone signal, characterized in that a distance (d1) between the third position and the first position equals a distance (d2) between the third position and the second position such that the first, second and third microphones form the corners of an isosceles triangle. a first loudspeaker disposed at a first position adjacent to the listening position and configured to radiate sound that corresponds to a sound signal; a first error microphone disposed at the first position and configured to pick up noise radiated by a noise source via a primary path to the listening position, and configured to generate a corresponding first microphone signal; a second loudspeaker disposed at a second position adjacent to the listening position and configured to radiate sound that corresponds to a sound signal; a second error microphone disposed at the second position and configured to pick up noise radiated by a noise source via a primary path to the listening position and configured to generate a corresponding second microphone signal; a third error microphone disposed at a third position adjacent to the listening position and configured to pick up noise radiated by a noise source via a primary path to the listening position and configured to generate corresponding third microphone signals; and an ANC controller configured to receive the microphone signals from the third error microphone and at least one of the first and second error microphone , and to provide a loudspeaker input signal to at least one of the loudspeakers based on the third error microphone signal and one of the first and the second error microphone signal, characterized in that a distance (d1) between the third position and the first position equals a distance (d2) between the third position and the second position such that the first, second and third microphones form the corners of an isosceles triangle. <EOS>