Audio reproduction system and speaker apparatus

A speaker comprising:

• a first speaker unit held and arranged near behind a head of a listener to make it possible to mix sounds emitted from front and rear of a vibration plate of the speaker;
• and
• second and third speaker units arranged on left and right of the first speaker unit near the listener, wherein
• low-frequency components separated from an input audio signal is supplied to the first speaker unit, and
• medium- and high-frequency components for left and right channels separated from the input audio signal are supplied to the second and third speaker units, respectively.

An audio reproduction system comprising:

• a first speaker arranged near a listener and behind a head of the listener with a speaker unit being held by a first holding unit to make it possible to mix sounds emitted from front and rear of a vibration plate of the speaker;
• second and third speakers held by a second holding unit and arranged near the listener and on left and right of the first speaker;
• a separating unit configured to separate and obtain low-frequency components and medium- and high-frequency components for left and right channels from an input audio signal;
• a first unit configured to supply the low-frequency components separated by the separating unit to the first speaker;
• and
• a second unit configured to supply the medium- and high-frequency components for the left and right channels separated by the separating unit to the second and third speakers.