User configurable audio loudspeaker

A method of changing an operating mode of a configurable speaker having at least two drivers, an audio input interface configured to be coupled to an audio source through one or more amplifiers;

• and a connector interface configured to receive a routing card, wherein the routing card comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) having a connector side comprising a set of connectors for connection to a corresponding set of connectors on the connector interface, the method comprising:
• inserting the PCB in the connector interface in a first orientation or a second orientation, the PCB having a set of conductive traces laid out such that inserting the PCB in the connector interface in the first orientation causes the speaker to operate in a first operating mode by routing audio signals within the speaker to a first routing between the drivers and the one or more amplifiers, and such that inserting the PCB in the connector interface in the second orientation causes the speaker to operate in a second operating mode by routing the audio signals to a second routing between the drivers and the one or more amplifiers,
• wherein the PCB has a connector side, the connector side comprising a set of connectors for connection to a corresponding set of connectors on the connector interface, and further wherein the set of conductive traces of the PCB couple the set of connectors of the connector side of the PCB together such that, when the PCB is connected to the connector interface in the first orientation the traces couple the set of connectors on the connector interface together in a first routing scheme to cause the speaker to operate in the first operating mode, and such that, when the PCB is connected to the connector interface in the second orientation, the traces couple the set of connectors on the connector interface together in a second routing scheme to cause the speaker to operate in the second operating mode, and
• wherein the set of connectors of the connector side of the PCB comprises first and second rows of connectors and the corresponding set of connectors on the connector interface comprises first and second rows of connectors, and wherein, when the PCB is connected to the connector interface in the first orientation, the first row of connectors of the connector side of the PCB are coupled to the first row of connectors on the connector interface and the second row of connectors of the connector side of the PCB are coupled to the second row of connectors on the connector interface, and when the PCB is connected to the connector interface in the second orientation, the first row of connectors of the connector side of the PCB are coupled to the second row of connectors on the connector interface and the second row of connectors of the connector side of the PCB are coupled to the first row of connectors on the connector interface.