Virtual surround for loudspeakers with increased consant directivity

A speaker system comprising:

• at least one speaker enclosure having a front face;
• a plurality of transducers mounted in the at least one speaker enclosure;
• at least two of said transducers forming a horizontally displaced array;
• a speaker input port;
• a controller operatively coupled with said speaker input port;
• said controller configured to provide high frequency signals to a high frequency transducer, wherein said high frequency transducer is a side firing transducer;
• said high frequency transducer being positioned in said enclosure so that the center line of a sound beam emitted from said enclosure is at an angle to said front face of said enclosure;
• and
• wherein said controller is further configured to provide lower frequency signals to said transducers forming the horizontally displaced array to cause dipole beamforming.

A speaker system comprising:

• at least one speaker enclosure having a front face;
• a speaker input port;
• a controller operatively coupled with said speaker input port;
• said controller configured to provide low frequency signals to a low frequency transducer;
• said controller configured to provide high frequency signals to a high frequency transducer and not to said low frequency transducer;
• said high frequency transducer being positioned in said enclosure so that the center line of a sound beam emitted from said enclosure is at an angle to said front face of said enclosure;
• said high frequency transducer being further positioned to take advantage of shading caused by at least one of a baffle, a waveguide, a lens, or a side of the speaker enclosure;
• and
• wherein said controller is further configured to provide signals to said transducers to cause dipole beamforming.