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Quickly Installed Multiple Speaker Surround Sound System and Method

  • US 20070041599A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2006
  • Published: 02/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for installing a standardized surround sound system within a room, the standardized surround sound system producing a plurality of channels of acoustic output, wherein each channel is representative of acoustic sound from a different direction for an anticipated listener, said plurality of channels comprising at least a front center channel, a front left side channel, a front right side channel, a rear left channel and a rear right channel, said method comprising:

  • mounting a speaker housing in a central position of said room, said speaker housing comprising a plurality of speakers mounted within said speaker housing wherein, respective of said plurality of speakers, produce said plurality of channels of acoustic output, said plurality of speakers being oriented such that an acoustic output therefrom is directed radially outwardly away from said housing and said central position of said room toward walls of said room, whereby acoustic output produced by said plurality of speakers originates at said central position of said room and reflects from said walls of said room back to said central position of said room, said speaker housing comprising speakers representative of said plurality of channels and comprising at least a front center speaker, a front left side speaker, a front right side speaker, a rear left speaker and a rear right speaker, said plurality of speakers each being less than about three inches in diameter, thereby permitting said speaker housing to be compact; and

    after said mounting of said speaker housing, said front center speaker is oriented to direct acoustic output therefrom toward a front center position of said room, said front left side speaker being oriented to direct acoustic output therefrom toward said front left side of said room, said front right side speaker to direct acoustic output therefrom toward a front right side of said room, said rear left speaker being oriented to direct acoustic output therefrom toward a rear left of said room, and said rear right speaker being oriented to direct acoustic output therefrom towards a right rear of said room.

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