Patent ID: 8036410

Claim:
A speaker comprising: an enclosure including a first side positioned at an angle with respect to a horizontal axis, the first side including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion and the lower portion offset from one another by a first offset in a first direction and a second offset in a second direction, the first offset in the first direction and the second offset in a second direction defining a vent extending across a width of the first side, the vent positioned above a low-frequency transducer and below a high-frequency transducer; the low-frequency transducer mounted to the lower portion, the low-frequency transducer configured to generate a first acoustic signal within a first frequency range; the high-frequency transducer mounted to the upper portion, the high-frequency transducer configured to generate a second signal within a second frequency range; the low-frequency transducer and the high-frequency transducer being displaced by the first offset in the first direction and the second offset in the second direction to adjust a low-frequency transducer acoustic origin position and a high-frequency transducer acoustic origin position; and the upper portion and the lower portion configured such that a first acoustic signal arrival time and a second acoustic signal arrival time are synchronized in a listening area.