Patent ID: 6959096

Claim:
Arrangement of a sound reproduction system ( 1 ), comprising at least one input source ( 2 ), a sound field generator ( 4 ), a loudspeaker panel ( 10 ); said at least one input source ( 2 ) being connected to said sound field generator ( 4 ), and said sound field generator ( 4 ) being connected to said loudspeaker panel ( 10 ); said at least one input source ( 2 ) being arranged for generating an audio signal; said sound field generator ( 4 ) comprising a wave field synthesiser ( 6 ) being arranged for generating a spatially perceptible sound field for said audio signal and for outputting said spatially perceptible sound field to said loudspeaker panel ( 10 ), characterised in that said loudspeaker panel ( 10 ) is a multi-exciter Distributed Mode Loudspeaker panel ( 10 ) comprising a plate ( 12 ) and a plurality of transducers ( 16 ); said plurality of transducers ( 16 ) being arranged within an array ( 14 ) on said plate ( 12 ) for reproducing said spatially perceptible sound field from said wave field synthesiser ( 6 ) by exciting bending waves in said plate ( 12 ).