Patent ID: 8041061

Claim:
A speaker system having one speaker unit for use at the front left of a listener location and one speaker unit for use at the front right of the listener location, comprising: a right speaker unit having a right monopole driver directed at the listener location and a right dipole driver that consists of a single driver directed in a direction other than toward the listener location, said right dipole driver having a front output and a rear output directed in opposite directions toward at least two walls and reflected toward the listener location, said right dipole driver having an area of consistently lower output directed at the listener location; and, a left speaker unit having a left monopole driver directed at the listener location and a left dipole driver directed in a direction other than toward the listener location, said left dipole driver having a front output and a rear output directed in opposite directions toward at least two walls and reflected toward the listener location, said left dipole driver having an area of consistently lower output directed at the listener location, wherein said right dipole driver and said left dipole driver each consist of a single driver, the rear of said single driver being at least partially exposed, wherein a first enclosure surrounds at least four sides of said right monopole driver, including a side to the rear of said right monopole driver, and a second enclosure surrounds at least four sides of said left monopole driver, including a side to the rear of said left monopole driver.