Patent ID: 7424127

Claim:
An audio system for an automobile having a passenger compartment having at least two seats, said audio system comprising: an audio signal source having a plurality of output channels, the plurality of output channels comprising a left surround output channel and a right surround output channel; a first plurality of substantially identical electroacoustical transducers for radiating sound waves corresponding to said left surround output channel; and a second plurality of substantially identical electroacoustical transducers for radiating sound waves corresponding to said right surround output channel; wherein two seats are positioned side by side, and each of said first and second plurality of electroacoustical transducers are positioned in said passenger compartment with an axis of each electroacoustical transducer oriented generally parallel to an axis of rotation of an occupant's head, such that when the occupant is in any of the two of the seats, the occupant's head is forward of, in a direct field of, and positioned substantially identically relative to a corresponding one of said first plurality of electroacoustical transducers and a corresponding one of said second plurality of electroacoustical transducers.