Patent ID: 8160281

Claim:
A sound reproducing apparatus in which audio data input through input channels is generated as a virtual source by a Head Related Transfer Function (HRTF) and a sound signal resulting from the generated virtual source is output through a speaker, comprising: an actual listening environment feature function database where an actual listening space feature function is stored for correcting the virtual source in response to a feature of an actual listening space provided at the time of listening; an actual listening space feature correcting unit reading out the actual listening space feature function stored in the actual listening environment feature function database, and correcting the virtual source based on the reading result; and a band pass filter disposed between the actual listening environment feature function database and the actual listening space feature correcting unit, wherein the actual listening space feature function comprises a first reflected sound function portion and a late reflected sound function portion, the band pass filter extracts the first reflected sound function portion from the actual listening space feature function output from the actual listening environment feature function database and outputs only the first reflected sound function portion to the actual listening space feature correcting unit, and the actual listening space correcting unit corrects the virtual sources based on the first reflected sound function portion extracted by the band pass filter.