Patent ID: 7164770

Claim:
An audio device for use with a surround sound system incorporating a receiver that includes a plurality of channel outputs wherein said plurality of channel outputs include a minimum of a left front speaker, a right front speaker, a center front speaker, and a subwoofer, said audio device operative to reproduce frequencies between an upper bass frequency of the subwoofer and a lower midrange frequencies for the left and right front speakers, said audio device comprising: an enclosure; a first dual voice coil driver mounted within said enclosure and having a first coil operatively connected to respond only to frequencies between the upper bass frequency of the subwoofer and the lower midrange frequency of the left front speaker and a second coil operatively connected to respond only to frequencies between the upper bass frequency of the subwoofer and the lower midrange frequency of the center front speaker; a second dual voice coil driver mounted within said enclosure and having a first coil operatively connected to respond only to frequencies between the upper bass frequency of the subwoofer and the lower midrange frequency of the right front speaker and a second coil operative to respond only to frequencies between the upper bass frequency of the subwoofer and the lower midrange frequency of the center front speaker; and a single voice coil midrange/tweeter driver mounted within said enclosure and connected through a crossover circuit to respond to frequencies above the lower midrange frequency of said center speaker.