Patent ID: 7362874

Claim:
A speaker system comprising: an integral speaker connected to an amplifier connected to a screen for displaying an image, the integral speaker comprising: a case; a surround speaker disposed in the case such that an output sound of the surround speaker is propagated to a listening position by being reflected at a rear of the listening position; a front speaker disposed in the case such that an output sound of the front speaker is directly propagated to the listening position; and a wall member disposed between the surround speaker and the front speaker and dividing the case; a canceling device for cancelling a directly propagating sound of the surround speaker such that the directly propagating sound is canceled before its propagation to the listening position; and a reflective device for reflecting the output sound of the surround speaker such that the output sound of the surround speaker is propagated to the listening position reflectively from the rear of the listening position, wherein the canceling device comprises a sound absorbing member disposed in the case such that the sound absorbing member absorbs the directly propagating sound of the surround speaker, and wherein the sound absorbing member is inclined with respect to a front side of the surround speaker and at least partially blocks the front side of the surround speaker.