Patent ID: 7164773

Claim:
An audio system for a vehicle, said vehicle comprising a first passenger location and a second passenger location, said second passenger location situated behind said first passenger location, said audio system comprising: a left or right directional audio channel signal source; a center audio channel signal source; a left or right surround audio channel signal source; a first electroacoustical transducer coupled to said left or right directional audio signal source, said center channel signal source, and to said left or right surround audio channel source, the first electroacoustical transducer situated adjacent to a first side of the vehicle behind said first passenger location, said first electroacoustical transducer constructed and arranged to radiate sound waves corresponding to audio signals from only (i) said left or right directional audio channel signal source, (ii) said center channel signal source, and (iii) said left or right surround audio channel signal source; and a second electroacoustical transducer coupled to only said left or right directional audio signal source, situated adjacent to the first side of the vehicle and forward of said first electroacoustical transducer, said second electroacoustical transducer constructed and arranged to radiate sound waves corresponding to audio signals from only said first left or right directional audio channel signal source.